Abstract:
A composition for preventing and treating neutodegenerative disease, which contains a polyphenol compound as an active ingredient is provided to have the effects of beta-amyloid coagulation inhibition, caspase-3 activity suppression and acetylcholinesterase activation suppression. A composition for preventing and treating neurodegenerative diseases comprises salvianolic acid, bakuchiol, epsilon-viniferin, rhapontigenin, piceatannol, luteolin, myricetin, or their mixture as an active ingredient. The neurodegenerative diseases are Alzheimer's disease, Pick's disease, Creutzfeldt-jakob, Parkinson's disease, Lou Gehrig's Disease, or Huntington's disease. The composition suppresses BACE-1[beta-site APP(amyloid precursor protein)-cleaving enzyme 1], caspase or acetylcholine esterase. The composition further comprises medicinal herb. The medicinal herb is Salviae Miltiorrhizae Radix, Psoraleae Semen, Vitidis Fructus, Rhei Rhizoma, Digitalis Folium, Schizonepeta Herba, Taraxaci Herba, Humuli Herba, Lonicerae Folium or their mixture.
Abstract:
An anti-obesity pharmaceutical composition, and the anti-obesity food are provided to inhibit the differentiation of preadipocyte into adipocyte and to suppress the synthesis of cholesterol. An anti-obesity pharmaceutical composition comprises the extract of grape tree bark, or at least one component selected from the vitisin A represented by the formula 1, the vitisin B represented by the formula 2, the epsilon-viniferin represented by the formula 3 and the ampelopsin represented by the formula 4 which are separated from the extract of grape tree bark.