FOOD HAVING REDUCING ACTION ON HUMAN SERUM CHOLESTEROL LEVEL AND AGENT FOR PREVENTING OR CURING HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a food and a medicinal agent both having a reducing action on reducing human serum cholesterol level. SOLUTION: The food for reducing human serum cholesterol level contains S-methyl cysteine sulfoxide(SMCS) and its standard intake corresponds to 15-400 mg of SMCS amount of intake. The agent for preventing or curing human hypercholesterolemia contains SMCS and the dose of SMCS is 15-400 mg.