ANTI-OBESITY AGENT AND ANTI-OBESITY FOOD

摘要

An anti-obesity agent comprising, as an active ingredient, a microorganism which belongs to the species Lactobacillus reuteri and is capable of producing a lipase having the amino acid sequence depicted in SEQ ID NO:1, 3 or 5 or an amino acid sequence having deletion, substitution or addition of one or more amino acid residues in the amino acid sequence depicted in SEQ ID NO:1, 3 or 5. The anti-obesity agent enables a patient to take a normal meal yet preventing the absorption of a fat into the body which is the primary cause of obesity.