COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING LIPID METABOLISM DISEASES COMPRISING EXTRACT OF SALVIA MILTIORRHIZA OR PAEONIA LACTIFLORA

• Main Authors: SON JU AH, LEE YUN SUNG, SONG SUK JIN, CHA MI RAN, OH BYUL NIM, KANG SUN HEE
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Korean
• Published: 25.02.2021
• 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 composition for preventing or treating lipid metabolism diseases, including an extract of Salvia miltiorrhiza or Paeonia lactiflora as an active ingredient. Particularly, the present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition and health-aid food composition for preventing or treating lipid metabolism diseases, including an extract of Salvia miltiorrhiza, extract of Paeonia lactiflora or a mixed extract of Salvia miltiorrhiza and Paeonia lactiflora, as an active ingredient. The composition inhibits differentiation of fat precursor cells into fat cells, reduces the content of triglycerides and cholesterols in blood and effectively inhibits generation of fatty liver and visceral fat, and thus can be used advantageously as a pharmaceutical composition and food composition for preventing, alleviating or treating lipid metabolism diseases. 본 발명은 단삼(Salvia miltiorrhiza) 또는 작약(Paeonia lactiflora) 추출물을 유효성분으로 함유하는 지질대사질환 예방 또는 치료용 조성물에 관한 것으로, 보다 상세하게는 단삼 추출물, 작약 추출물 또는 단삼 및 작약의 혼합 추출물을 유효성분으로 함유하는 지질대사질환 예방 또는 치료용 약학 조성물 및 건강기능식품 조성물을 제공한다. 상기 조성물은 지방전구세포의 지방세포로의 분화를 억제하고, 혈중 중성지방 및 콜레스테롤의 함량을 감소시키며, 지방간 및 내장지방 생성을 효과적으로 억제하므로, 지질대사질환의 예방, 개선 또는 치료를 위한 약학 및 식품 조성물로 유용하게 활용될 수 있다.