| abstract |
It is intended to provide medicinal compositions which contain as the active ingredient at least one member selected from the group consisting of lactoferrin proteins including lactoferrin and conalbumin and enzymatically digested products of lactoferrin proteins including lactoferricin and peptides of conalbumin corresponding to lactoferricin. These compositions are usable as lipid metabolism improving agents. Moreover, they are useful in treating lifestyle-related diseases such as hypercholesterolemia, hypertriglycedemia, low-density lipoprotein hypercholesterolemia, high-density lipoprotein hypocholesterolemia, obesity, fat liver, cholesterol cholelithiasis, severe obesity, hyperlipemia, hypertension, type II diabetes and so on. These composition can elevate basal metabolic rate. |