PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an antiallergic agent with strong activity which produces its effect in a shorter time compared with conventional antiallergic agents related to pectin, and functional foods containing the antiallergic agent.SOLUTION: The antiallergic agent of which the antiallergic effect is synergistically reinforced and the functional food containing the antiallergic agent is obtained by using polysaccharides of 6,000 or more of molecular cutoff obtained from substances that contain soybeans with the antiallergic activity as a raw material, together with one or more ascorbic acids, salts thereof and fatty acid esters.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】従来のペクチン関連の抗アレルギー剤と比べて、短期間で効果を発揮する活性の強い抗アレルギー剤の提供、および該抗アレルギー剤を含む機能性食品の提供。【解決手段】抗アレルギー活性を有する大豆を原料に含有する物質から得られる分画分子量6,000以上の多糖類と、アスコルビン酸、アスコルビン酸の塩類又は脂肪酸エステル類から選ばれるいずれか一種以上を併用することにより、抗アレルギー効果が相乗的に増強された抗アレルギー剤や、該抗アレルギー剤を含む機能性食品を得る。【選択図】なし
