| abstract |
This inflammatory cytokine production inhibitor inhibits the production of TNF-α and IL-6 inflammatory cytokines, uses a tomato extract as an active ingredient, can be applied to food and beverages such as health food products and the like, and can be applied as a drug that is effective against inflammatory diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, and type 2 diabetes, which are caused by the excessive production of said inflammatory cytokines. The inflammatory cytokine production inhibitor is a raw tomato extract in which the molecular weight of a high polymer fraction is at least 10,000 by molecular weight fractionation. |