| 摘要 |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prepare an active-oxygen scavenger having high active-oxygen- scavenging potency and high antioxidative potency, and sparingly having a side-effect on the human body and having safety for the human body by including an extract of seeds (or their husks) of a plant belonging to the geneses Pecan in family Juglandaceae. SOLUTION: This active-oxygen scavenger includes an extract of seeds (or their husks) of a plant belonging to the genus Pecan in family Juglandaceae. The extract is pref. prepared by extraction with a solvent or a mixed solvent selected from the group consisting of water, methanol, ethanol, n-propanol, iso-propanol and acetone. It is pref. that the quantity of the extract added to food is 0.03-2 wt.% based on the total weight when the food is a seasoning such as fermented soybean paste, soy sauce, mayonnaise, or the like and cooking oil such as salad oil, and is 0.02-2 wt.% based on the total weight when the food is other than those above mentioned. The quantity of the extract added to feed is pref. 0.02-2 wt.% based on the total weight. |
