NEW LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM, LACTIC ACID FERMENTATION PRODUCT AND FOOD AND DRINK COMPRISING LACTIC ACID FERMENTATION PRODUCT USING THE SAME

摘要

PPROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new lactic acid bacterium having excellent gastric acid resistance and bile acid resistance and further excellent characteristics in a cholesterol removing ability, a bile acid adsorbing ability and an interleukin 12 production-inducing ability in combination and to provide a lactic acid fermentation product and a food and drink comprising the lactic acid fermentation product obtained by using the lactic acid bacterium and affording effects of removing cholesterol, adsorbing bile acids, and promoting interleukin 12 production by ingestion thereof. PSOLUTION: The lactic acid bacterium belongs to Lactobacillus plantarum having 90% gastric acid resistance, 90% bile acid resistance, 85% cholesterol removing ability, 40% bile acid adsorbing ability, and 80% interleukin 12 production-inducing ability when measured by a method specified herein. The lactic acid fermentation product and the food and drink comprising the lactic acid fermentation product are obtained by adding the lactic acid bacterium to soybean milk and subjecting the soybean milk to fermentation. PCOPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT