Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine

Neo Cremar Co.,ltd

Jin Yeul Ma

Young Ran Um

Jae Hoon Lee

Dong Seon Kim

Won Kyung Cho

Ji Hye Lee

Jung Hyun Kim

Jong Hyun Yoon

Eun Hee Park

Youn Hwan Hwang

Jong Wook Jeon

Yeoun-Hee Kim

Kwang Il Park

Tae Ho Chung

Hwa Yong Park

Nam Hui Yim

Byoung Heon Cho

Tae Woo Oh

Min Cheol Yang

Dong-Gun Kim

Eun Ju Lee

Sung Up Choi

Yong-Ho Lee

So-young Park

Ga Young Im

Won-Kyung Cho

Jae Myung Yoo

Hye Jin Yang

You Chang Oh

Hyun Ae Eum

Inho Choi

A pharmaceutical composition and a health functional food composition for preventing, treating, or improving muscular diseases have licorice extract or a fraction thereof, or a compound isolated therefrom or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, as an active ingredient. The licorice extract or a fraction thereof, the compound or salt thereof induce the myoblasts proliferation and promote the differentiation into myotubes, and since the licorice extract or a fraction thereof, the compound or salt thereof has an excellent effect on regenerating damaged muscles, various muscle diseases are effectively prevented, improved or treated using the composition.

Composition for preventing or treating muscular diseases, containing, as active ingredient,extract or compound isolated therefrom

The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a maple leaf extract or fraction thereof for preventing or treating a retinal disease, a method for preventing or treating a retinal disease using the pharmaceutical composition, and a food composition comprising a maple leaf extract or fraction thereof for ameliorating the symptoms of a retinal disease. The pharmaceutical composition according to the present invention, which is effective for the treatment of a retinal disease, can be used pharmaceutically as a composition for preventing or treating a retinal disease, and can also be used advantageously as a health functional food.

Pharmaceutical composition comprising maple leaf extract for preventing or treating retinal disease

The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing and treating corneal diseases or conjunctival diseases, containing a maple leaf extract as an active ingredient. The maple leaf extract exhibits an effect of inhibiting hyperemia in the eyeball in which hyperemia has been induced and an effect of inhibiting angiogenesis in the eyeball in which corneal damage has been induced, thus being effectively used in a pharmaceutical composition for preventing and treating corneal diseases or conjunctival diseases.

Composition for treating corneal diseases or conjunctival diseases

The present invention relates to lactic acid fermented Galgeuntang, and a composition comprising the said lactic acid bacteria fermented Galgeuntang or Galgeuntang as an active ingredient, more particularly, to lactic acid fermented Galgeuntang prepared by the steps of inoculating lactic acid bacteria to Galgeuntang, culturing thereof, and fermenting thereof, and a composition for preventing or treating liver toxicity comprising the said fermented Galgeuntang or Galgeuntang. The composition of the present invention has treatment effect on liver toxicity, so that it can be effectively used as a liver function recovering agent or health food for liver function recovery.

Composition for preventing or treating liver toxicity comprising Galgeuntang or lactic acid bacteria fermented Galgeuntang

The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition and health supplement for preventing or treating atopic dermatitis, the composition and supplement having as active ingredients extract of a galenical mixture includingroot, licorice, lonicer aflower, Koreanroot, Koreanroot,root,fruit, lappa fruit,Nakai,, lithospermum, oleoresin,, and, orfermentation of the galenical extract prepared by inoculatingto the galenical extract and fermenting same. The galenical extract or the galenical extract fermentation of the present invention achieves reduced scratching, decreases clinical features of atopic symptoms such as erythema, itchiness and dry skin, edema and hematoma, erosion, and lichenification, and reduces IgE concentration in blood, which is related to exogenous atopic dermatitis, in laboratory animal models of atopic dermatitis, and is thereby, useful for preventing or treating atopic dermatitis.

Composition for preventing or treating atopic dermatitis including galenical extract or lactobacillus fermentation thereof

The present invention relates to a composition for preventing or treating respiratory diseases, and more particularly, to a pharmaceutical composition, and to a health food, comprising extracts of herbal mixtures or fermented products thereof having lactic acid bacteria as effective ingredients for preventing or treating respiratory diseases, wherein the herbal mixtures comprise:, Radix glycyrrhizae, Flos Lonicerae, Angelicae Gigantis radix,, Saposhnikoviae radix,, Forsythiae fructus,, Herba epimedii, ginseng, Lithospermi radix, Sanguisorbae radix, Cnidii rhizoma, Scrophulariae radix, and Polygoni cuspidati radix. The herbal extracts or fermented products thereof having lactic acid bacteria exhibit the effects of significantly lowering an airway resistance value; reducing the numbers of leukocytes, neutrophilic leukocytes, lymphocytes, eosinocytes, and basophil leukocytes to levels similar to that of a normal group; and reducing the infiltration of inflammatory cells and eosinocyte cells near AHR on lung tissues. Therefore, the herbal extracts or fermented products thereof having lactic acid bacteria may be valuably used for the prevention and/or treatment of respiratory diseases such as asthma.

Composition comprising herbal extracts or fermented products thereof having lactic acid bacteria for preventing or treating respiratory diseases

The present invention relates to herbal medicine extracts useful in the prevention or treatment of diseases caused by influenza viruses, and to a pharmaceutical composition or health food comprising the extracts. The herbal medicine extracts of the present invention are derived from natural materials, and are safe for the human body, and can be used in preventing and treating and in relieving symptoms of diseases caused by various types of influenza viruses.

Composition for preventing or treating diseases caused by influenza viruses

The present invention relates to a medicinal extract useful for preventing and treating influenza-virus-induced diseases, and to a pharmaceutical composition and health food including same. Derived from natural ingredients, the medicinal extract of the present invention is safe for humans, and can be used to prevent, treat, and alleviate symptoms of diseases induced by various strains of influenza viruses.

Composition for preventing and treating influenza-virus-induced diseases

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Jin Yeul Ma