Ahn-gook Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

Hyo-Jin Moon

Jong-Wook Lee

Chang-Kyun Han

Jin Auh

Young-June Shin

Sung-Min Kim

Chang-Hwan Kim

Sung-Hum Yeon

Soo-Im Chang

Kang-Jin Lee

Tae-Hoo Yi

Dong-Oh Han

Seung-In Choe

Ji-Hye Lee

Jun-Seok Lee

Ho-Young Kwak

Kang-Hyun Leem

The present invention relates to a novel use of herbal extracts in a pharmaceutical composition for prevention and treatment of nephritis and, more particularly, to a pharmaceutical composition and a health functional food for prevention and/or treatment of nephritis that contains at least one herbal extract selected from the group consisting of a Crataegi Fructus extract, a Cinnamomi Cortex extract, a Prunella Spica extract, and an Equiseti Herba extract, a method for prevention and/or treatment of nephritis using the herbal extract, and a use of the herbal extract in preparation of a composition for prevention and/or treatment of nephritis. The herbal extract has a good therapeutic effect for nephritis on a nephritis model of which the nephritis is induced by a drug such as gentamicin, cisplatin, etc., and a good inhibitory activity on the growth of mesangial cells in kidneys, thereby providing a very useful means for prevention and/or treatment of nephritis.

Pharmaceutical composition containing herbal extract for prevention or treatment of nephritis

A use an extract ofor a combined extract ofandas an active ingredient for preventing and/or treating periodontal disease is provided. The extract ofor a combined extract ofandhas activities to stimulate anti-inflammation, osteoblast differentiation and alveolar bone regeneration, and to prevent the alveolar bone destruction, thereby being effective for the prevention and/or treatment of periodontal disease.

Preventing or treating periodontal diseases by herbal extract

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Suwon, South Korea

Hyo-Jin Moon