Lactic acid bacterium-containing preparation

Abstract

The present invention provides very safe lactic acid bacteria and lactic acid bacteria preparations which are effective in prevention and therapy of allergies and/or in lowering of the blood neutral fat level. The present invention also provides pharmaceutical products and food or drink products which contain, as an active ingredient, a composition that contains cultured cells of the lactic acid bacterium Pediococcus acidilactici R037 or a treated product thereof.

1 . A lactic acid bacterium, which is a strain of  Pediococcus acidilactici  R037 (accession number NITE BP-900) or a variant of the strain R037 having at least one of an antiallergic function, a neutral fat-lowering function, and an anti-autoimmune disease function. 
     
     
         2 . A composition which comprises cultured cells of the lactic acid bacterium according to  claim 1  or a treated product thereof. 
     
     
         3 . An antiallergic agent comprising the composition according to  claim 2 . 
     
     
         4 . A neutral fat-lowering agent comprising the composition according to  claim 2 . 
     
     
         5 . An anti-autoimmune disease agent comprising the composition according to  claim 2 . 
     
     
         6 . The agent according to  claim 3 , which is a pharmaceutical product or an animal drug. 
     
     
         7 . A food or drink product comprising the composition according to  claim 2 . 
     
     
         8 . The food or drink product according to  claim 7 , which has at least one of an antiallergic function, a blood neutral fat-lowering function, and an anti-autoimmune disease function. 
     
     
         9 . The food or drink product according to  claim 7 , which is a functional food or a dietary supplement. 
     
     
         10 . A method for treating at least one of an allergic disease, hypertriglyceridemia, and an autoimmune disease,
 the method comprising administering the composition according to  claim 2  to a subject.   
     
     
         11 . The agent according  claim 4  which is a pharmaceutical product or an animal drug. 
     
     
         12 . The agent according  claim 5  which is a pharmaceutical product or an animal drug. 
     
     
         13 . The food or drink product according to  claim 8 , which is a functional food or a dietary supplement.