AGENT FOR PREVENTION OR TREATMENT OF LEUKEMIA AND BEVERAGE/FOOD

摘要

[PROBLEMS] To provide a novel agent for the prevention or treatment of leukemia. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] Disclosed is an agent for the prevention or treatment of leukemia, which comprises at least a composition derived from an olive leaf. Also disclosed is a beverage/food for the prevention or treatment of leukemia, which comprises at least the composition. The composition can inhibit the proliferation of a leukemia cell and can also induce the differentiation of a leukemia cell into a leukocyte (a normal cell). Therefore, the agent and the beverage/food can be used for the prevention or treatment of leukemia with high possibility. The agent and the beverage/food has such additional advantages that they may be applied over a long period and continuously with high possibility, that they may have few adverse side-effects with high possibility, and the like.