COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING ARTICULAR RHEUMATISM, AND ARTICULAR RHEUMATISM-PREVENTING OR TREATING AGENT CONTAINING THE COMPOSITION AND FOOD OR DRINK

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new composition for preventing or treating articular rheumatism.;SOLUTION: This composition for preventing or treating the articular rheumatism contains at least an ingredient originated from Tricholoma matsutake of genus Tricholoma in Basidomycetes. The composition has an arthritis onset-suppressing action, an anticollagen antibody production-suppressing action, an IL-6 production-suppressing action, serum C reactive protein (CRP) increase-suppressing action, a serum lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) increase-suppressing action, and a serum rheumatoid factor (RF) increase-suppressing action.;COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT