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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain an agent having an excellent suppressing effect on the formation of lipid peroxide and excellent in safety by including an extract of Gnaphalium semiamplexicaule. SOLUTION: The objective agent contains preferably 0.001-20.0 wt.% (based on the total agent in terms of dried antioxidant) of an extract of Gnaphalium semiamplexicaule (GOLD LOBO) (a plant native to Mexico and belonging to genus Gnaphalium, family Compositae), preferably the leaf, flower of their mixture of Gnaphalium semiamplexicaule. The extraction is preferably carried out by extracting the above plant in dried or raw state using 100 pts. of an extraction solvent such as water or an aqueous solvent (e.g. ethanol) based on 5-50 pts. of the plant of dried state.
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