| abstract |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To digest cereals and beans with Aspergillus oryzae, and to obtain an ACE inhibitor that has a good flavor, is highly safe without operations such as extraction and fractionation, and has no fear of an increase in blood pressure due to intake of salt. To provide a production method and an antihypertensive agent, a food and beverage composition containing the ACE inhibitor, and a pharmaceutical or veterinary composition. SOLUTION: One or more cereals and beans selected from the group consisting of quinoa, amaranthus, toramame, fuji bean, red beans, square beans, otogi, purple flower beans, quail beans, daifuku beans and jujube are digested by koji molds. An angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitor obtained. [Selection figure] None |