The present invention includes as an active ingredient at least one biosurfactant, in particular mannosyl alditol lipid (such as MEL and MML) or triacylated mannosyl alditol lipid. This allows providing an activator and anti-aging agent that is excellent in activating and anti-aging effects on cells and that is safe enough to be used for a long time, and also providing cosmetics, quasi-drugs, drugs, and drinks and foods including the activator and the anti-aging agent as active ingredients. Further, the present invention provides MEL whose mannosyl erythritol skeleton in a molecular structure is 1-O-β-D-mannopyranosyl-meso-erythritol and a method for producing the MEL with use of a microorganism.
本发明的活性成分包括至少一种
生物表面活性剂,特别是
甘露糖醛酸脂质(如 MEL 和 MML)或三酰化
甘露糖醛酸脂质。这样就可以提供一种对细胞具有良好的活化和抗衰老作用,并且可以长期安全使用的活化剂和抗衰老剂,还可以提供包括活化剂和抗衰老剂作为有效成分的化妆品、准药品、药品以及饮料和食品。此外,本发明还提供了分子结构中
甘露糖基赤藓糖醇骨架为 1-O-β-D-mannopyranosyl-meso-erythritol 的
甘露糖基赤藓糖醇,以及利用微
生物生产该
甘露糖基赤藓糖醇的方法。