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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 17, 1997
Institute for Advanced Skin Research Inc., Yokohama, JP;
Abstract
This invention provides a pharmaceutical preparation or cosmetic, and a method for effectively inhibiting the abnormal accumulation of extra-cellular matrices. In addition, a method for preventing or treating a disease resulting from the abnormal accumulation of extra-cellular matrices is also disclosed. The pharmaceutical preparation or cosmetic contains as an effective ingredient at least one substance selected from the group consisting of the extract of a plant belonging to the genus Artemisia, the genus Forsythia, the genus Sophorak the genus Pheutn the genus GI rhiza, the genus Arctium, the genus Anemarrhena, the genus Aralia, the genus Anelicia, the genus Akebia or the genus Atractylodes, the genus Akebia or the genus Atractilodes, malotilate, 2,2'-dipyridyl and o-phenanthroline.