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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 1992
Filed:
Apr. 26, 1991
Nisshin Flour Milling Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A dieting agent is disclosed which comprises an aqueous solution or a solid substance of a concentration .alpha.-amylase inhibiting substance which is produced by a process which comprises heat treating a supernatant fraction of an aqueous extract of wheat or wheat flour to modify unnecessary protein contaminants in the supernatant fraction, removing a modified protein from said fraction, subjecting a resulting aqueous solution containing an .alpha.-amylase inhibiting substance to a concentration treatment using an ultrafiltration membrane to form an aqueous solution of a concentrated .alpha.-amylase inhibiting substance or drying the aqueous solution. The dieting agent exhibits a body weight gain-inhibiting effect.