A pharmaceutical composition for treating or preventing neurodegenerative disease and functional food, comprising a verbenone derivative and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, as active ingredients for treating or preventing a neurodegenerative disease. More specifically, the verbenone derivative according to the present invention reduces neuronal cell death and oxidative stress, and is highly effective in preventing ischemic brain injury and inflammatory cell migration. —Rats in rats, thus providing the pharmaceutical composition or functional health food that is useful in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. 1/1resumo composi‚ìo farmacæutica para tratar ou prevenir doen‚a neurodegenerativa e alimento funcional, compreendendo um derivado de verbenona e sais farmaceuticamente aceit‡veis do mesmo, como ingredientes ativos para tratar ou prevenir uma doen�a neurodegenerativa. mais especificamente, o derivado de verbenona de acordo com a presente inven�‹o reduz a morte celular neuronal e estresse oxidativo, e ž altamente eficaz na preven�‹o da les‹o cerebral isqu�mica e migra�‹o de cžlulas inflamat—rias em ratos, assim, fornecendo a composi�‹o farmac�utica ou alimento funcional de saœde que ž œtil no tratamento de doen�as neurodegenerativa. 1/1