AGENT FOR PROMOTING IN VIVO DHA SYNTHESIS AND SEAWEED OIL

摘要

It is intended to provide an agent for promoting in vivo DHA synthesis and a seaweed oil which enable the supplementation of DHA to a living body instead of taking oxidizable DHA as a fish oil. According to the agent for promoting in vivo DHA synthesis and the seaweed oil which contain fucoxanthin, even if oxidizable DHA is not taken as a fish oil, an activity of in vivo DHA synthesis can be increased by taking fucoxanthin or the seaweed oil containing fucoxanthin, whereby the supplementation of DHA to a living body can be substituted. Further, by adding this fucoxanthin or seaweed oil containing fucoxanthin to a food material, medicinal product or feed, the food material, medicinal product or feed which has a function to promote in vivo DHA synthesis can be provided.