MEDIUM-TO-LONG TERM MEMORY IMPAIRMENT PREVENTING AND IMPROVING AGENT COMPRISING WHALE MUSCLE EXTRACT

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a novel medium-to-long term memory impairment preventing and improving agent which can effectively prevent and/or improve learning memory impairment.SOLUTION: A medium-to-long term memory impairment preventing and improving agent according to the present invention comprises a whale muscle extract extracted from whale muscles, and the medium-to-long term memory impairment preventing and improving agent preferably comprises balenin as an active ingredient. The medium-to-long term memory impairment preventing and improving agent is used for prevention and/or improvement of learning memory impairment due to senile or Alzheimer-type dementia.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 7