PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION CONTAINING EXTRACT OF HOUTTUYNIA CORDATA AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT FOR PREVENTING AND TREATING DEMENTIA, PARKINSON'S DISEASE, OR EPILEPSY
UNIVERSITY INDUSTRY COOPERATION GROUP OF KYUNG HEE UNIVERSITY
发明人:
Myung Sook Oh,Hyo Geun Kim,Hanbyeol Park
申请号：
US14249867
公开号：
US20140220166A1
申请日:
2014.04.10
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2014
代理人:
摘要：
Pharmaceutical compositions containing an extract of Houttuynia cordata (THUNB) as an active ingredient for preventing and treating dementia, Parkinson's disease, or epilepsy and methods for using the same. Since the extract of Houttuynia cordata or the mixture of the extract of Houttuynia cordata and the extract of Ampelopsis japonica Makino has a cell protection effect and/or a cognition function improved effect in various models including an Amyloid-β induced dementia model, a scopolamine induced dementia model, a 6-hydroxydopamine (6-OHDA) induced Parkinson's disease model, and a Kainic acid induced epilepsy model, the extract of Houttuynia cordata or the mixture of the extract of Houttuynia cordata and the extract of Ampelopsis japonica Makino may be used as the pharmaceutical composition for preventing and treating dementia, Parkinson's disease, or epilepsy and in health foods for preventing and treating dementia, Parkinson's disease, or epilepsy.
