COMPOSITION FOR GROWTH-ENHANCING COMPRISING YEAST HYDROLYSATE AS AN EFFECTIVE INGREDIENT AND FOOD USING THE SAME

摘要

A growth promoting composition containing a yeast hydrolysate as an active ingredient is provided to be useful as growth promoting health food and medicine by increasing growth hormone secretion, bone length and weight and realize a growth-promoting function without adverse effect. A growth promoting composition contains a yeast hydrolysate with a molecular weight of 10,000 to 30,000 daltons. The yeast hydrolysate is obtained by adding 0.1 to 3% by weight of a protease selected from the group consisting of Flavourzyme, Protamax, ficin and Neutrase to yeast or self-digestion products of yeast, hydrolyzing at a pH of 6 to 8 and at 45 to 55deg.C and separating from the supernatant. The yeast is Saccharomyces cerevisiae.