COMPOSITION FOR RED GINSENG EXTRACT MEDIATED RETINAL REGENERATION IN NORMAL AGEING AND MACULAR DEGENERATION

• Main Authors: SUK, JAE HWAN, SHIM, HYEON JEA, ALI HUSSAIN, LEE, YUN HEE, SHIN, YONG DOL, SIM, CHEUL MUU
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Korean
• Published: 16.04.2014
• Subjects: HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ORMEDICINAL PREPARATIONS

The present invention relates to a composition comprising a red ginseng extract as an active ingredient for delaying, preventing, and treating age-related macular degeneration and, more specifically, to a composition comprising a red ginseng extract, which normalizes the function of the Bruch′s membrane of an eye, as an active ingredient for delaying, preventing, and treating age-related macular degeneration. The composition of the present invention removes substances deposited on the Bruch′s membrane and improves the transport function of the Bruch′s membrane so that the Bruch′s membrane may be regenerated through cell reactions in retinal pigment epithelium (RPE). The treatment of the present invention can prevent and treat functional eye failure as a result of degeneration with age. [Reference numerals] (AA) Fluid transport; (BB) Age(years); (CC) Function stop; (DD) Macular degeneration; (EE) Ginseng treatment