Lactic acid bacterium-containing preparation

Abstract

An object of the present invention is to provide a useful composition that contains a highly safe lactic acid bacterium or a component derived from this lactic acid bacterium. The present invention relates to a composition comprising at least one lactic acid bacterium selected from the group consisting of Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. lactis strain KR-037 (NITE BP-395), Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. lactis strain KLAB-4 (NITE BP-394), and variants thereof, or comprising a component derived from the lactic acid bacterium. The composition of the present invention is useful as a preparation that has an excellent antiallergic function and also has at least one other function selected from an anti-autoimmune disease function, a diabetes-improving function, a neutral fat-lowering function, and so forth.

1 . A composition comprising at least one lactic acid bacterium selected from the group consisting of  Lactobacillus delbrueckii  KLAB-4 (NITE BP-394),  Lactobacillus delbrueckii  KR-037 (NITE BP-395), and variants thereof, or comprising a component derived from the lactic acid bacterium. 
     
     
         2 . The composition according to  claim 1 , wherein the lactic acid bacterium is viable or dead. 
     
     
         3 . The composition according to  claim 1 , wherein the component derived from the lactic acid bacterium is a residue from the hot water extraction of the lactic acid bacterium. 
     
     
         4 . The composition according to  claim 1 , which is an antiallergic agent. 
     
     
         5 . The composition according to  claim 1 , which is an anti-autoimmune disease agent. 
     
     
         6 . The composition according to  claim 1 , which is a diabetes-improving agent. 
     
     
         7 . The composition according to  claim 1 , which is a neutral fat-lowering agent. 
     
     
         8 . A food containing the composition according to  claim 1 . 
     
     
         9 . The food according to  claim 8 , which is a functional food or a supplement. 
     
     
         10 . A feed containing the composition according to  claim 1 . 
     
     
         11 . A drug or animal drug containing the composition according to  claim 1 . 
     
     
         12 . A method of treating an allergic disease, comprising:
 administering to a subject a composition containing at least one lactic acid bacterium selected from the group consisting of  Lactobacillus delbrueckii  KLAB-4 (NITE BP-394),  Lactobacillus delbrueckii  KR-037 (NITE BP-395), and variants thereof, or containing a component derived from the lactic acid bacterium.   
     
     
         13 . The method according to  claim 12 , wherein the allergic disease is hay fever or atopic dermatitis. 
     
     
         14 .  Lactobacillus delbrueckii  KLAB-4 (NITE BP-394). 
     
     
         15 .  Lactobacillus delbrueckii  KR-037 (NITE BP-395). 
     
     
         16 . The composition according to  claim 2 , which is an antiallergic agent. 
     
     
         17 . The composition according to  claim 3 , which is an antiallergic agent. 
     
     
         18 . The composition according to  claim 2 , which is an anti-autoimmune disease agent. 
     
     
         19 . The composition according to  claim 3 , which is an anti-autoimmune disease agent 
     
     
         20 . The composition according to  claim 2 , which is a diabetes-improving agent.