ANTIALLERGIC AGENT, UTILIZATION THEREOF FOR REDUCING ALLERGY AND METHOD OF REDUCING ALLERGY

摘要

It is intended to provide an antiallergic agent which contains as the active ingredient lactic acid bacterium/ bacteria selected from the group consisting of a lactic acid bacterium belonging to Lactobacillus acidophilus, a lactic acid bacterium belonging to Lactobacillus fermentum and a combination thereof. This antiallergic agent can reduce the amount of IgE antibody participating in the onset of type I allergy and thus relieves allergic constitution. Moreover, it can be easily taken and has a high safety. It is also intended to provide utilization of the above antiallergic agent for reducing allergy and a method of reducing antiallergic agent with the use of the antiallergic agent.