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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2012
Filed:
May. 30, 2006
Hyeong Kyu Lee, Daejon, KR;
Sei Ryang OH, Daejeon, KR;
Kyung Seop Ahn, Daejeon, KR;
Sang Ku Lee, Daejeon, KR;
Joong Ku Lee, Daejeon, KR;
OK Kyoung Kwon, Daejeon, KR;
Doo Young Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Hyouk Joung, Daejeon, KR;
Gui Hua Quan, Daejeon, KR;
MI Jin Kim, Daejeon, KR;
BO Young Park, Daejeon, KR;
Hyeong Kyu Lee, Daejon, KR;
Sei Ryang Oh, Daejeon, KR;
Kyung Seop Ahn, Daejeon, KR;
Sang Ku Lee, Daejeon, KR;
Joong Ku Lee, Daejeon, KR;
Ok Kyoung Kwon, Daejeon, KR;
Doo Young Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Hyouk Joung, Daejeon, KR;
Gui Hua Quan, Daejeon, KR;
Mi Jin Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Bo Young Park, Daejeon, KR;
Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Daejeon, KR;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a composition comprising an extract ofgenus plant, and the catalpol derivatives isolated therefrom having anti-inflammatory, antiallergic and anti-asthmatic activity. The extract ofgenus plant and the catalpol derivatives isolated therefrom shows potent suppressing effect on elevated IgE, IL-4 and IL-13 levels and eosinophilia in the plasma and BALF, and mucus overproduction in the lung tissues in an OVA-induced asthmatic mouse model. Therefore, it can be used as the therapeutics or functional health food for treating and preventing inflammatory, allergic and asthmatic disease.