INTERFERON PRODUCTION ENHANCING SUBSTANCE AND EXHANCEMENT OF INTERFERON PRODUCTION

摘要

PURPOSE:To obtain an interferon(IFN) production enhancing substance comprising royal jelly as an active ingredient. CONSTITUTION:An animal cell is blended with IFN production inducing factor (e.g., sendai virus against IFN-alpha, poly I:C against IFN-beta or mitogen against IFN-gamma) and royal jelly and cultured to. extremely enlarge production of IFN. When cells in a body are infected with a virus, etc., production of IFN occurring as a defense reaction thereof can be enhanced and immune power can be raised by taking royal jelly as a drug or food and royal jelly is expected to have preventing and treating effects on various diseases caused by virus or such as tumor.