| 摘要 |
PURPOSE:To obtain a superoxide dismutase inducer, containing an extract of celery or lovage, having action of enhancing superoxide dismutase(SOD) activity in the body and useful for preventing and treating adult diseases, etc. CONSTITUTION:A superoxide dismutase inducer obtained by containing an extract of stems, leaves and seeds, preferably seeds of celery or stems, leaves and roots of lovage (an umbelliferous plant). The above-mentioned extract is obtained by extraction using a water extraction, steam distillation, critical extraction method with liquefied gaseous carbon dioxide, etc. The afore- mentioned inducer is capable of inducing the SOD which is an enzyme capable of decomposing superoxides that are phlogogenic substances of inflammations and causing tissual disorder or damaging normal cells or tissues in inflammations. The SOD activity is deteriorated in correlation with aging, but can be enhanced by the above-mentioned inducer and living bodies are medically and biochemically protected from oxygen toxicity. |
