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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2015
Applicant:
Industry-academic Cooperation Foundation, Yonsei University, Seoul, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/353 (2006.01); A61K 31/352 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/353 (2013.01); A23K 20/111 (2016.05); A23K 20/121 (2016.05); A23L 33/105 (2016.08); A23L 33/30 (2016.08); A61K 31/352 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition containing flavone compound as an active ingredient for treating obesity, and more specifically to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating obesity and a dietary composition for preventing or reducing obesity containing 5,7-dimethoxyflavone or 5,7,4'-trimethoxyflavone. The compound according to the present invention inhibits adipogenesis, and reduces expression of the key transcription factors (SREBP1c and C/EBP) related to lipogenesis and of enzyme proteins (FAS and ACC) related to adipogenesis, and thus is effective in preventing or treating obesity.