| abstract |
The present invention provides a novel plant seed extract composition containing a large amount of a serotonin derivative, which is an active ingredient in vivo, which is associated with a fewer side effects, a food, a feed and a pharmaceutical composition, which contain this plant seed extract composition, and a production method of this plant seed extract composition, which is suitable for the production of foods, feeds and pharmaceutical compositions. n The present invention relates to a plant seed extract composition obtained by washing a defatted plant seed with water, and extracting the resulting seed with an organic solvent and a safflower seed extract composition wherein the weight ratio of the total content of p-coumaroylserotonin, feruloylserotonin, p-coumaroylserotonin glycoside and feruloylserotonin glycoside:2-hydroxyarctiin is 1:0.01-0.2, and a production method of a plant seed extract composition, which comprises washing a defatted plant seed with water, and extracting the resulting seed with an organic solvent. |