Active oxygen scavenger and cancer chemopreventer from Grifola
AssigneeYukiguni Maitake Co., Ltd.
InventorsKenji Tazawa, Yasuo Odaira, Masataka Watanabe
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an active oxygen scavenging agent and a cancer chemopreventing agent both comprising a dried Grifola, a dry Grifola powder and/or a Grifola extract, and to a food or animal feed comprising the active oxygen scavenging agent or the cancer chemopreventing agent.
Claims4
A process for producing an active oxygen scavenging agent comprising a dried body of Grifola, wherein the process comprises producing the dried body of Grifola by gradually raising the temperature of the body of Grifola from 50° C. to 90° C. for a sufficient time .
A process for producing an active oxygen scavenging agent comprising a dried Grifola powder, wherein the process comprises drying a fresh body of Grifola by gradually raising the temperature of the fresh body of Grifola from 50° C. to 90° C. for a sufficient time to produce a dried Grifola and then grinding the dried Grifola into a powder using a milling apparatus.
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