Ahn-gook Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

Soo-Im Chang

Chang-Hwan Kim

Chang-Kyun Han

Jin Auh

Young-June Shin

Sung-Hum Yeon

Min-Ki Shin

Sung-Min Kim

Jong-Wook Lee

Dong-Oh Han

Hyo-Jin Moon

Seung-In Choe

Ji-Hye Lee

Jun-Seok Lee

Ho-Young Kwak

A composition for suppressing cough, removing sputum, preventing and/or treating a respiratory disease comprising an extract of Coptidis rhizoma or a combined extract of Coptidis rhizoma with ivy leaf as an active ingredient, and a method of suppressing cough, removing sputum, and/or preventing and/or treating respiratory disease using the composition, are provided.

Extract ofand novel use thereof in treating respiratory disease

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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 composition for suppressing cough, removing sputum, preventing and/or treating a respiratory disease comprising an extract ofor a combined extract ofwith ivy leaf as an active ingredient, and a method of suppressing cough, removing sputum, and/or preventing and/or treating respiratory disease using the composition, are provided.

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Suwon-si, South Korea

Soo-Im Chang