AGENT FOR TREATING AND PREVENTING HYPERLIPEMIA

PURPOSE:To obtain a medicine having highly improving effect on hyperlipemia, which has been insufficient conventionally, reducing action on lipoperoxide said to cause arteriosclerosis, showing low side effect. CONSTITUTION:An agent for preventing and treating hyperlipemia comprises (A) gamma-oryzanol, a substance extracted from a rice bran oil, (B) an unsaponified substance of soybean oil such as SOYSTEROL (trade name), a mixture of a plant sterol (40-50%) and tocopherol (18-22%) as a typical example and (C) tocopherol, most preferably d-alpha-tocopherol as active ingredients. Doses of the components are usually 50-300mg of the component A, 300-1,200mg of the component B and 10-200mg of the component C per adult daily and administered once or several times dividedly.