FUNCTIONAL FOOD CONTAINING SPHINGOGLYCOLIPID AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a functional food using as the raw material a by-product derived from corms entirely unused as a food and comprising in high- concentration sphingoglycolipid supposed to bear an important role in humidity retention. SOLUTION: This functional food is characterized by comprising sphingoglycolipid derived from corms. The other objective method for producing the functional food is characterized by comprising adding an organic solvent to the corms followed by extracting sphingoglycolipid.