| 摘要 |
[Problem] To provide an immunomodulator, which can be orally ingested continuously in daily diet without a fear of side effects, and use of the same. [Solution] To solve the problem, provided is an immunomodulator comprising, as an active ingredient, a branched α-glucan mixture having characteristics (A) to (C): (A) having glucose as a constituting saccharide; (B) having a branched structure with a glucose polymerization degree of 1 or higher, said branched structure being bound, via a linkage other than an α-1,4 linkage, to the non-reducing end glucose residue positioned at one end of a linear glucan which has a glucose polymerization degree of 3 or higher and in which glucose molecules are linked together via α-1,4 linkages; and (C) forming isomaltose when digested by isomaltodextranase. |
