FUNCTIONAL FOOD CONTAINING PROTEIN POLYSACCHARIDE COMPONENT SEPARATED FROM MYCELIUM OF CULTURED AGARICUS BLAZEI

摘要

PURPOSE:To obtain the subject food having antitumor activity and useful as a health drink, etc., by drying a protein polysaccharide separated from a cultured mycelium of Agaricus blazei and cutting the dried product into small pieces or pulverizing the product. CONSTITUTION:Dried product of a protein polysaccharide separated from a cultured mycelium of Agaricus blazei (FERM 4731) is cut into small pieces or pulverized to obtain the objective food. Preferably, the dried product is extracted with an aqueous solvent and the obtained liquid is added to a food- processing raw material optionally after concentration.