NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION INDUCER AND USE THEREOF

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a nerve cell differentiation inducer, an NGF (nerve growth factor) action enhancer and a food and beverage or a pharmaceutical composition mixed with the nerve cell differentiation inducer.

SOLUTION: The nerve cell differentiation inducer or the NGF action enhancer comprises a sesamin or a metabolite thereof. The nerve cell differentiation inducer or the NGF action enhancer restores and reproduces nerve networks and functions gradually damaged with age, so that not only prevents onset of cognitive deficiency and memory disorder but also, even when once onset occurs, but also exerts on remaining nerve cells and exhibits restoration and reproduction effects on nerve networks and functions. The nerve cell differentiation inducer or the NGF action enhancer is applied to a pharmaceutical and functional foods having prevention or amelioration action on onset of senile dementia.

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