| abstract |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a conventional antiviral agent which has a weak effect on retroviruses such as AIDS, is expensive and has side effects, has no harm to the human body, can be eaten and consumed daily, and has no preventive effect. Was. Therefore, the present invention provides an antiviral agent which is particularly effective against retroviruses such as AIDS, has no side effects, is capable of daily eating and drinking, and has a preventive effect. [Solution] Pecan nut, pine nut, Tochu (bark), Tochu tea (leaves, twigs) or asparasas lineas belonging to legumes is extracted with alkali, and the resulting extract is An antiviral agent comprising a plant-derived acidic polysaccharide having an antioxidant activity as an active ingredient, which is obtained by ethanol precipitation to 25% to 75%, and a method for producing the same. |