5-LIPOXYGENASE ACTIVITY INHIBITOR AND ANTIALLERGIC FOOD CONTAINING COMPONENT INHIBITING 5-LIPOXYGENASE ACTIVITY

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a 5-lipoxygenase activity inhibitor having 5-lipoxygenase activity-inhibiting action, useful for prevention and treatment of diseases accompanied by arachidonic acid metabolism abnormality and free from fear of adverse effect even when it is taken for a long period and an antiallergic food containing the above 5-lipoxygenase activity inhibitor.;SOLUTION: This 5-lipoxygenase activity inhibitor contains, as an active ingredient, a component which is readily soluble in organic solvents having low polarity and obtained from at least one plant selected from Angelica alchongelica, Cardiocrinum cordatum, Hosta Sieboldiana, Psoralea corylifolia, Desmodium caudatum, Rhynchosia volubilis, Scented geranium, Basella rubra, Tropaeolum majus, Stellaria media, Acanthopanax senticosus Harms, Chinese matrimony vine, Tussilago fatfara L., shepherd's purse, Lamium amplexicaule, Leonurus sibiricus, Glechoma hede-races L.var. grandis, Saxifraga stolonifera, Alchemilla vulgaris and Cyperus microiria. The allergic food containing the 5-lipoxygenase activity inhibiting component is characterized by including the above activity inhibitor.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2001,JPO