JPS6222722A - Healthy food having beautifying and tonic effect - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:The titled food containing an extract of beans as an active ingredient. CONSTITUTION:Beans (e.g., beans containing a large amount of L-DOPA [beta-(3,4- dihydroxyphenyl)-L-alanine, such as Yokohama bean, broad bean, etc.,] are ground, extracted with water, an alcohol or an aqueous solution of a weak acid and concentrated. The extract as an active ingredient is directly used or treated by lyophilization, etc., to give a healthy good having beautifying and tonic effects. Continuous intake of the food little by little develops tonic effects and beatifying effects and particularly excellent hair growth effects. The healthy food can be processed into various forms such as drink, granules, candy with starch base, chewing gum, other cakes, etc., so long as the food does not damage characteristic flavor of the food.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION Field of Industrial Application The present invention is directed to the field of industrial application.
The present invention relates to a health food consisting of a plant extract of P. ecies.

Conventional technology The fact that healthy old rice is referred to as ``bean'' is a good example of the fact that beans are closely related to human health.Beans contain various components. However, there are still many unidentified substances.For example,
β-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl)-L-alanine (L-DOPA), which is particularly abundant in beans of
is also contained in brain cells, and the relationship between a lack of this substance and a decline in motivation and senility has recently been explored.

Structure of the Invention The present inventor has focused on leguminous plants, particularly legumes containing the above-mentioned DOPA or related compounds of this compound, and has discovered that this substance has a close relationship with the pigments of the skin and hair due to its structure. The present invention was completed by predicting the effect of the present invention, conducting experiments described below, and confirming the effects thereof. The gist of the present invention is that legumes, especially L-
This health food has a beauty tonic effect and contains as an active ingredient an extract of legumes containing a large amount of DOPAjii.

Of course, the health food according to the present invention can take various forms, such as drinks, granules, candy, chewing gum, and other sweets, as long as the original taste of the food is not impaired.Extraction method The process involves crushing raw beans and extracting and concentrating them with water, alcohol, or a weak acid aqueous solution.

The extract can be used as it is, or processed by a known method such as freeze-drying.

By ingesting a small amount of the health food every day, the health food of the present invention exhibits tonic and beauty effects, and is especially noticeable in its hair-nourishing effect.

Manufacturing examples and experimental examples are shown below.

[Example 11] After washing 500 g of fresh broad beans thoroughly with water and draining them, 4.5 liters of 0.1% acetic acid was added thereto and homogenized, and the resulting turbid liquid was filtered to obtain a filtrate, Heat and concentrate to obtain 460 g of concentrated extract. Add 540g of honey to this concentrated extract and knead it to create a Health Food 1.
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[Example 21 Bean extract 45% Crushed sesame 3% Vitamin E 062% Korean carrot extract 1.5% Royal jelly 0.3% Honey 50% ” The ingredients listed in 1 are kneaded to make a health food.

[Test Example 1 Ten men and women aged 60 years or older were randomly divided into two groups.
The 5 people in the first group received 50 doses of the health food obtained in the above example per day.
After the resting period of 2 months, they were given 50 g/day of a placebo solution (a mixture of 400 g of 0.1% acetic acid and 600 g of honey) for 2 months, and at the end of each period, the frontal The number of gray hairs out of 1,000 on the scalp was counted, and special notes regarding the mental and physical status of each period were recorded. Five people in the second group received a placebo for the first two months.
After ingesting 50 g/day, there was a rest period of 2 months, and then 50 g/day of the healthy food obtained in the example was ingested for 2 months, and the same observations as in the first group were made. The results are shown in the table below.

*1 Increased sexual desire during administration of the test liquid *2 Clarity of language and active lifestyle during administration of the test liquid *3 Increased sexual desire during administration of the test liquid 4= ×4 Increased sexual desire during administration of the test liquid.''As is clear from the two people, The first group showed a reduction in gray hair compared to the second group, and during the experiment, 1 out of 10 people in the 1st group showed an improvement in their senility, and 3 out of 10 people showed increased sexual desire. It was done. From the above, the health food of the present invention is effective in rejuvenating the mind and body, and is effective in toning the beauty of the body.

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) A health food that contains legume extract as an active ingredient and has a beauty tonic effect. (2) The health food according to claim 1, wherein the legumes are mussel beans or fava beans.