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PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To conserve expensive carnosine and effectively use a carnosine preparation or a carnosine-containing food, to use in combination with a natural antioxidant having unstable antioxidant ability and poor sustainability, or Provided are a method for enhancing the antioxidant capacity of a food and an antioxidant for foods by adding the antioxidant component to a food containing naturally. SOLUTION: Carnosine or a preparation thereof or a food containing carnosine as an active ingredient, a natural antioxidant of flavonoid type, carotenoid type, polyphenol type or retinoid type or a food containing these antioxidant components naturally. And a method for enhancing the antioxidant capacity of a food and an antioxidant enhancer used therefor. |