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AssigneeSuntory Holdings Limited
InventorsHitoshi Matsubara, Yoshiyuki Ishikura, Hiroaki Sasaki, Keiichi Abe, Sumio Asami, Masaaki Nakai, Aki Kusumoto
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There are provided foods and beverages that will suppress the absorption of dietary lipids, thereby suppressing the rise of triglyceride in blood. High-molecular weight polyphenol fractions recovered from oolong tea are added to foods or beverages as an active ingredient for inhibiting lipase activity. The foods and beverages of the present invention are safe and their inherent flavor has not been impaired; hence, they may be taken in routinely so that the lipase inhibitory action of the high-molecular weight polyphenol fractions will suppress the rise of triglyceride in blood and prevent obesity.
A lipase activity inhibitor consisting of a high-molecular weight polyphenol fraction isolated from oolong tea.
A method in which an aqueous liquid containing polymerized catechins and non-polymerized catechins is brought into contact with an adsorbent selected from the group consisting of activated charcoal and an adsorbent resin as the aqueous liquid is held at a temperature of at least 50° C., whereby the non-polymerized catechins are selectively removed so that the ratio of the polymerized catechins to the non-polymerized catechins is made higher than in the original aqueous liquid.
A tea extract in which the amount of polymerized catechin relative to non-polymerized catechin is at least four times as much.
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