ORAL FLORA-IMPROVING AGENT, ANTIBACTERIAL AGENT AND GROWTH PROMOTER

摘要

It is intended to provide an oral flora-improving agent capable of forming a favorable flora in the oral cavity and a food or a drink for improving the oral flora. An oral flora-improving agent comprising a ganglioside as the active ingredient and a food, a drink or a feed for improving the oral flora containing a ganglioside exhibit an antibacterial effect on harmful bacteria in the oral cavity, which are undesirable from the viewpoint of decay and diseases such as periodontal disease, and a growth-promoting effect on usefu l bacteria to be preserved in the oral cavity. Moreover, a ganglioside is efficaciously usable in an antibacterial agent, an antibacterial food, drink or feed, a growth promoter or a food, a drink or a feed for promoting growth .