POLYPHENOL COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING ATHEROSCLEROSIS

摘要

This invention relates to the provision of an oral composition for preventing or treating atherosclerosis. Thus in one of the invention, an oral composition for preventing or treating atherosclerosis is provided, the composition comprising curcumin and a composition containing as its main component proanthocyanidin oligomer to which a substance having a phloroglucinol ring structure or resorcinol ring structure has been bonded, which is obtainable by heating plant materials comprising proanthocyanidin polymer or aqueous extract thereof comprising proanthocyanidin polymer, with a substance having a phloroglucinol ring structure or resorcinol ring structure in an acidic aqueous solution.