GLYCOLIPID-CONTAINING COMPOSITION, USE THEREOF AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME

摘要

A glycolipid-containing composition which can be purified by a convenient method from, for example, spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) and contains three glycolipids, i.e., monogalactosyl diacyl glyerol, digalactosyl diacyl glycerol and sulphoquinovosyl diacyl glycerol at a high ratio. This glycolipid-containing composition has useful physiological activities such as a DNA synthase inhibitory activity, a cancer cell growth inhibitory activity and an antitumor activity. When treated with a lipase, its shows further enhanced physiological activities and, therefore, becomes useful in, for example, functional foods having an anticancer effect or a cancer preventing effect.