Agents for suppression or lowering of blood lipids
AssigneeNippon Tensaiseito Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTsutomu Aritsuka
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an agent for the suppression or lowering of blood lipids, cholesterol and neutral fats, which is derived from a plant and comprises, as an effective ingredient, an edible dietary fiber which contains cellulose and lignin as its main constituents and maintains the cellulose and lignin in a bonded state as in the plant.
Claims10
A method for lowering or suppressing cholesterol and neutral fat levels in the bloodstream comprising administering to a subject a blood cholesterol neutral fat lowering or suppressing effective amount of a composition comprising an isolated, purified edible dietary fiber which is derived from a plant and which comprises cellulose and lignin compounds as its major substituents, wherein 50% or more of said lignin and cellulose compounds are bound together in the same manner that these compounds are bound in a native plant material.
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