PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide functional food obtained by using basil seeds exerting water-absorbing and swelling properties.SOLUTION: The functional food is obtained by freeze-drying basil seeds which are seeds of plant belonging to water-absorbing and swelling Ocimum.COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT【課題】吸水膨潤性が発揮できるバジルシードの開発【解決手段】吸水膨潤したシソ科メボウキ属(Ocimum)に属する植物の種子であるバジルシードを凍結乾燥したことを特徴とする機能性食品【選択図】 図1