β-GLUCAN-PROTEIN COMPLEX COMPOSITION

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a β-glucan-protein complex composition extremely useful for a food, a cosmetic, a medicine, a chemical or the like, having excellent flavor, texture, taste, emulsifiability, water retentivity and compatibility, and also having regulatory function of a living body such as a lipid metabolism-ameliorating activity, an intestinal disorder-controlling activity, an activity for inhibiting the increase of blood glucose level, and an immunoregulating activity. SOLUTION: The β-glucan-protein complex composition useful for the food, the cosmetic, the medicine, the chemical or the like is obtained by complexing a β-glucan derived from microorganisms or derived from Basidiomycetes with a protein. COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI