ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT, AGENT FOR PREVENTING/AMELIORATING ALLERGIC DISEASES AND FUNCTIONAL FOOD

摘要

It is intended to provide an antiinflammatory agent made from a highly safe material which can be daily taken as a food, an agent for preventing or ameliorating allergic diseases and a functional food having the above effects. The antiinflammatory agent contains an alpha -bond galactooligosaccharide as the active ingredient. The agent for preventing or ameliorating allergic diseases contains an alpha -bond galactooligosaccharide as the active ingredient. The functional food contains an alpha -bond galactooligosaccharide as the active ingredient. As such alpha -bond galactooligosaccharide, use can be made of a product synthesized by the dehydration reaction by alpha -galactosidase with the use of galactose or a galactose-containing material as a substrate.