| 摘要 |
PURPOSE:To reduce the ingestion amount of foods without causing the decrease of body weight, by orally administering a specific amount of glucomannan. CONSTITUTION:Highly pure glucomannan, preferably one obtained by purifying the ground tuberous root or raw material powder of devil's-tongue with alcohol of 40-100% concentration to remove impurities and subsequently drying the purified product or one obtained by extracting the pulverized tuberous root of the devil's-tongue with water, dialyzing the extract from the water and subsequently freeze-drying the dialyzed product, is orally administered in a dose of 0.01-4g per kg of body weight a day. Foods in a stomach are highly concentrated due to the ingestion of the glucomannan and the detention time of the foods in the stomach is greatly elongated to improve the absorption efficiency of nutritive elements, thereby reducing the ingestion demand of foods. Thus, the digestion amount of the foods can be reduced without causing the decrease of the body weight of an animal, without allowing the respective organs of the animal to bear excessive loads and without inhibiting the activity of the food-digested animal. |
