PROLIFERATION-PROMOTING AGENT FOR BIFIDOBACTERIUM

摘要

PURPOSE:To obtain a proliferation-promoting agent for Bifidobacterium, having higher selective and excellent proliferation promoting action than conventional bifidus factor, by using a bottle gourd food as an active component. CONSTITUTION:Fruit of bottle gourd is formed in desired form such as ribbon, powder, granule, tablet, etc., to obtain a bottle gourd food. The food may be an unsterilized one or sterilized with steam under a steam pressure of 0.2-0.4kg/cm2 for 5-20min or alcoholic sterilization for 1-30 days in the presence of 15-150g/kg of an alcohol or may be fumed with sulfuric acid. The sterilized bottle gourd food contains =5X103/g of general living bacterial cells, in negative to E.coli and Salmonella, contains =8% of water and is extremely safe in view of food sanitarity. The bottle gourd food may be added with a fiber component, an excipient, a sweetener component, etc., and used as a proliferation-promoting agent. The bottle gourd food used as an active component can be eaten as it is in the form of ribbon or plate after cooking or by forming to powdery form or tablet, etc.