| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain an antineoplastic agent as a plant ingredient, high in antineoplastic activity against colon cancer, stomach cancer, lung cancer, or the like with slight side effects, and to provide foods containing the plant ingredient. <P>SOLUTION: This antineoplastic agent comprises dry powder of the leaves, flowers, stems, rinds or bulbs of a plant of the family Apocynaceae or Liliaceae, or an aqueous extract thereof or an organic solvent extract thereof. The foods containing the above dry powder, the aqueous extract or the organic solvent extract are also provided. Particularly, in this agent, the plant of the family Apocynaceae is Nerium Oleander L., Allamanda Oenotheraefolia Pohl, or Plumeria Mexicana, while the plant of the family Liliaceae is Yucca Gloriosa L., and the molecular weight of the active ingredient in the extract is ≤100,000. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI |
