JP3059795B2 - Mental stability food - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a tranquilizer which contains a gardenia extract, has a stress relieving action, and retains a good flavor.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art It has been pointed out that modern people feel mental fatigue represented by the word stress. Among them, administration of synthetic drugs such as tranquilizers and anxiolytics is effective in treating severe mental fatigue such as neurosis, depression, and schizophrenia, and the effect has been recognized. However, many of these synthetic drugs have side effects and are not administered to people who experience mild mental fatigue such as non-pathological stress. In addition, some crude drugs using raw materials derived from natural products have effects similar to those of tranquilizers and anxiolytics. However, although crude drugs can be expected to have a mild effect, they need to be taken in relatively large amounts,
In the case of those with bitterness, there was a drawback that it was difficult to take. As described above, conventional synthetic drugs and crude drugs have disadvantages such as side effects and difficulty in taking them, and at present, there is no effective treatment method for mild mental fatigue such as stress.

[0003] From such a viewpoint, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 1-242533 discloses a food and drink for mental stability that contains a plant extract and maintains good taste. However, the taste of the lavender extract to be contained in foods and drinks disclosed herein is not common because of the unique cosmetic-like aroma. In addition, when lavender extract alone was included in the gum base, the electrodermal response used as an indicator of the tranquilizing effect showed a tendency of suppression but was not suppressed until a significant difference was observed, and odors such as valerian Significant suppression has been shown only with concomitant use with crude drugs.

[0004]

That is, an object of the present invention is to provide a tranquilizer food which is effective in relieving stress and has good flavor.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention is a tranquilizer food characterized by incorporating a gardenia extract.

The extract to be contained in the tranquilizer food of the present invention is extracted from gardenia seeds and the like by a known method. For example, an aqueous solvent such as water, ethanol, methanol, or the like, preferably water is added to the raw material of each plant. 10 to 20 times the amount added 90 to
There is a method of extracting at a temperature of 100 ° C. for 0.5 to 2 hours, removing solids, and then concentrating or drying under reduced pressure to 1/10 to 1/30.

The content of the gardenia extract is 0.1 to 10% in the food.
The range of% by weight is preferable in view of flavor and tranquilizing effect.

As foods containing these plant extracts, various foods such as beverages, baked confectionery, chocolate, and frozen desserts can be mentioned, and candy, gum and caramel chew-like foods are particularly suitable. For example, if the food is candy, the tranquilizing effect of licking, and if the food is gum, the tranquilizing effect of chewing,
In addition, since the synergistic effect of both licking and chewing can be expected with caramel, it is possible to provide a tranquilizing food with good flavor because it is effective by reducing stress and requires a small amount of addition. Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to examples.

[0009]

EXAMPLES Prior to the examples, methods for a mouse locomotor inhibition test used for selecting a plant extract and a sensory test method by 20 specialized panels used for evaluation of the present invention will be described.

[0010]

[Mouse locomotor inhibition test method] Each sample was dissolved in distilled water, and this solution was orally administered to ddY male mice (5 weeks old, 10 mice per group) at a rate of 20 ml / kg body weight. 3 g / kg body weight or 9 g / kg body weight, respectively). Control group mice were orally administered water alone at a rate of 20 ml / kg body weight.

Next, an experimental animal locomotion measuring device ACTY-303
(Biomedica) was used to measure the locomotor activity of the mice. One hour after the sample administration, the average value and standard error of the locomotor activity of each group were calculated, and a significant difference test between the locomotor activity of the sample administration group and the spontaneous locomotor activity of the control group was performed.

[0012]

[Sensory test method] In order to evaluate the stress relieving effect and flavor of the tranquilizer food containing plant ingredients, a sensory test was conducted on a total of 20 subjects each of 10 male and female adults. Ten minutes after eating, the test subjects were subjected to a sensory test for the test items shown in Table 1 below for the feeling of rest and the flavor.

[0013]

[Table 1]

[0014]

[Preparation of perilla leaf extract] 100 g of perilla leaves were extracted with 1.8 l of water for 1 hour at 100 ° C., filtered, and the filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure to 65 g.

[0015]

[Production method of gardenia extract] 1.6 g of gardenia fruit 100g
After extracting with water at 100 ° C for 1 hour, filter and filter
g.

[0016]

[Table 2]

[0017]

[Production method] Granulated sugar, starch syrup, and water are boiled down at 155 ° C.
After cooling to 80 ° C., perilla leaf extract, citric acid and orange oil were added and mixed, and then molded into a size of 15 × 25 × 8 mm.

[0018]

[Table 3]

[0019]

[Production method] The same production method as in Reference example 1 was used.

[0020]

[Table 4]

[0021]

[Production method] The same production method as in Reference example 1 was used.

[0022]

[Table 5]

[0023]

[Production method] The same production method as in Reference example 1 was used.

[0024]

[Table 6]

[0025]

[Production method] In a mixer at 40 ° C, gum base, powdered sugar, glucose, starch syrup, orange oil and perilla leaf extract were mixed homogeneously and then rolled into a sheet. After cooling, it was cut to 15 x 70 mm.

[0026]

[Table 7]

[0027]

[Production method] The same production method as in Reference example 2 was used.

[0028]

[Table 8]

[0029]

[Production method] The same production method as in Reference example 2 was used.

[0030]

[Table 9]

[0031]

[Production method] Sugar, starch syrup, condensed milk, flour, butter, water 60
The mixture was heated to ℃ to dissolve, stirred for 1 hour, boiled down to 122 ° C, mixed with perilla leaf extract and milk flavor, cooled to 50 ° C, rolled and cut.

[0032]

[Table 10]

[0033]

[Production method] The same production method as in Reference example 3 was used.

[0034]

[Table 11]

[0035]

[Production method] The same production method as in Reference example 3 was used.

Table 12 shows the results of the mouse locomotor activity suppression test described above. Both the perilla leaf extract-administered group and the gardenia extract-administered group showed significant suppression of spontaneous locomotor activity in the control group compared to the control group (t-test: risk rate less than 5%).

[0037]

[Table 12]

Next, for Reference Example 1 , Examples 1 and 2, and Comparative Example 1, after eating one hard candy and performing the above-mentioned sensory test, the average value of 20 persons is shown in Table 13.

[0039]

[Table 13]

As can be seen from Table 13, Examples 1 and 2 were evaluated as calming after eating compared with Comparative Example 1 containing no plant extract. The taste was also evaluated as delicious, although slightly inferior to the comparative examples.

[0041]

As described above, the food containing the gardenia of the present invention has an advantage that it has a good flavor and has an action of alleviating mild mental fatigue such as stress. Moreover, since the food is easy to eat, the user can enjoy an appropriate amount while enjoying the food.

──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continued on the front page (56) References Chem Pharm Bull. vol. 34, no. 4, p1672-1677 (1986) Int J Crude Drug Res, vol. 23, no4, p221-227 (1988) (58) Fields investigated (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) A61K 35/78 A23L 1/30 A61P 25/20 BIOSIS (DIALOG) CA (STN) MEDLINE (STN)

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A tranquilizer food comprising a gardenia extract.