PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new secretion inducing agent of antibacterial peptide such as defensins.SOLUTION: This secretion inducing agent of antibacterial peptide such as α-defensins includes as the active ingredient, sterol glycosides derived from sprouted brown rice and/or brown rice bran.COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT【課題】新たなディフェンシン等の抗菌性ペプチドの分泌誘導剤を提供することを課題とする。【解決手段】発芽玄米及び/又は玄米糠由来のステロール配糖体を有効成分とするα-ディフェンシン等の抗菌性ペプチドの分泌誘導剤【選択図】図1