摘要 |
PURPOSE:To obtain an enteral nutriment composition, containing a diglyceride as a lipid ingredient and hardly loading enteric canals and causing any side effects. CONSTITUTION:An enteral nutriment composition containing a diglyceride, e.g. a compound expressed by the formula (two of R<1> to R<3> are acyl derived from a 12-22C saturated fatty acid or unsaturated fatty acid and the rest is H), preferably a compound having an acyl group derived from a 16-20C unsaturated fatty acid as an active ingredient. The aforementioned diglyceride is obtained by transesterification of, e.g. a mixture of fats and oils (e.g. rapeseed oil) with glycerol in the presence of an alkali (earth) metallic hydroxide or reacting a lipase with a mixture of a fatty acid or its ester with the glycerol and conducting esterifying reaction. The above-mentioned composition is capable of providing high energy to patients without loading enteric canals and causing any side effects even in including a large amount of the diglyceride. |