| abstract |
An arteriosclerosis-preventing material, immune-activating material, vertebratenthat has eaten these, and eggs of such vertebrate. Such materials are produced byninoculating koji mold on a pulse crop to effect koji preparation and adding water to anproduct of the koji preparation, thus hydrolyzing proteins and/or saccharides contained innthe product of said koji preparation and by utilizing the activity common to lactic acidnbacteria naturally contained in the starting materials and lactic acid bacteria that is addednto the product of the koji preparation. An arteriosclerosis-preventing material possessingnarteriosclerosis-preventing capability, an immune-activating material possessing immune-activatingncapability that are effective in maintaining the health of vertebrates, anvertebrate other than a human being that has been reared by adding these arteriosclerosis-preventingnmaterial and immune-activating material to feed, and the egg of such anvertebrate, are obtained. The necessary amount of arteriosclerosis-preventing materialnand immune-activating material that are the product of the present invention is added to,nfor instance, food products, fodder, feed, etc. and absorbed in vivo from the digestive tractnof vertebrates to realize arteriosclerosis-preventing capability and immune-activatingncapability, thus safely preventing the onset of arteriosclerosis-related disease in such anvertebrate as well as improve immunity of the vertebrate, thus effectively accomplishing anmaintenance and promotion of good health and a prevention of disease, etc. |