PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an azuki bean extract that solves the problem of finding out the effect of a new, more useful azuki bean, which has not been known hitherto, and more specifically the problem of finding out a useful action of the water extract of the azuki bean, and to provide an agent having the extract as an active ingredient.SOLUTION: According to the present invention, there is provided an anticancer agent, such as a cancer metastasis inhibitor, a FABP5 gene activity inhibitor, or a cancer proliferation inhibitor, using as an active ingredient an azuki bean water extract or a product obtained by adsorbing the extract on an adsorbent or carrier and extracting it with a solvent, such as methanol, or ethanol.SELECTED DRAWING: NoneCOPYRIGHT: (C)2017,JPO&INPIT【課題】従来知られていない、より有用な新たな小豆の作用を見出すことを課題とする。さらに詳しくは、小豆の水抽出物について有用な作用を見出し、これを有効成分とする剤を提供することを課題とする。【解決手段】小豆の水抽出物や、これを吸着剤や担体に吸着させて、メタノール、エタノール等の溶媒で溶出して得たものを有効成分として、癌の転移抑制剤やFABP5遺伝子活性抑制剤、癌の増殖抑制剤等の抗癌剤を提供する。【選択図】なし
