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

• Main Authors: Lee, In Chul, Kwon, Hyung Jun, RYU, Young Bae, Lee, Sang Woo, Choi, Sang Ho, Park, Ji Young, Lee, Jong Sub, Li, Wan Yi, Lee, Woo Song
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 25.08.2022
• 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 method of preventing or alleviating symptoms of andropause comprising administering a pharmaceutically effective amount of an extract of Ficus auriculata Lour. To a patient in need thereof. The extract of Ficus auriculata Lour. of the present invention exhibits the effect of preventing and alleviating erectile dysfunction by inhibiting the activity of PDE5, and the effect of preventing and alleviating prostatic hyperplasia by suppressing the expression of AR and PSA.