| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a medical drug, a food and drink having a role in regulating the concentration of equol in vivo and ingestible for a long time with high safety, and to provide a selective medium for a microorganism having conversion ability to equol and a method of detecting the same. <P>SOLUTION: There are provided: an equol concentration-raising or reducing agent containing a variety of saccharides as an active ingredient; use of a variety of saccharides for producing the equol concentration-raising or reducing agent; a method of raising or reducing the concentration of equol by administrating a variety of saccharides in an effective dose; a selective medium containing a variety of saccharides for a microorganism having conversion ability to equol; and a method for detecting the microorganism having conversion ability to equol by use of the medium. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT |
