COMPOSITION FOR ALLEVIATING SYMPTOMS OF ANDROPAUSE, CONTAINING EXTRACT OF FICUS AURICULATA LOUR. AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT

• Main Authors: LEE WOO-SONG, PARK JI-YOUNG, KWON HYUNG-JUN, CHOI SANG-HO, LEE INUL, LEE JONG-SEOP, LEE SANG-WOO, LI WANYI, RYU YOUNG-BAE
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 18.05.2021
• Subjects: FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ORMEDICINAL PREPARATIONS; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES

The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition, a food composition and a food additive for preventing or alleviating symptoms of andropause, all of which contain an extract of Ficus auriculata Lour. as an active ingredient. An extract of Ficus auriculata Lour. of the present invention inhibits the activity of PDE5 so as to exhibit effects of preventing and alleviating erectile dysfunction and inhibits the expression of AR and PSA so as to exhibit effects of preventing and alleviating prostatic hyperplasia. Therefore, an extract of Ficus auriculata Lour. of the present invention can be effectively used as an active ingredient of a pharmaceutical composition, a food composition, and a food additive for alleviating andropause syndrome/symptoms. 本发明涉及包含大果榕(Ficus auriculata Lour.)提取物作为有效成分的用于预防或改善男性更年期综合征/症状的药物组合物、食品组合物及食品添加剂。本发明的大果榕(Ficus auriculata Lour.)提取物能够抑制PDE5的活性，对于勃起功能障碍具有预防及改善功效，同时通过抑制AR及PSA的表达，起到预防及改善前列腺增生的作用。因此，本发明的大果榕(Ficus auriculata Lour.)提取物可以作为用于改善男性更年期综合征/症状的药物组合物、食品组合物及食品添加剂的有效成分。