| abstract |
It is intended to find a novel medicinal application of sphingomyelin and to provide a preventive agent or a therapeutic agent for various diseases and a food and drink and feed containing the agent. A medicine which contains sphingomyelin as an active ingredient and is any of the following agents: 1) a sialomucin secretion promoter, 2) an agent for preventing getting sick from drinking, 3) an antiallergic agent, 4) an antioxidant, 5) an agent for preventing infection, 6) a hair growth agent, 7) a therapeutic agent for a demyelinating disease, 8) an anti-pigmentation agent, 9) an antiinflammatory agent or 10) an agent for improving learning ability. The food and drink or the feed is characterized by comprising the agent. The sphingomyelin is preferably derived from milk. |