Composition comprising bamboo extract and the compounds isolated therefrom showing treating and preventing activity for inflammatory and blood circulation disease

• Main Authors: NAM JEONG BUM, CHO JI NYEO, LEE SEOUNG HO, KIM MI RAN, DO SEON-GIL, WOO SUNG-SICK, SONG JI SOOK, SUNG SOOKYOUNG, LEE KANG WOO, LEE JU YEON, JO TAE HYUNG, LEE YOUNG CHUL, SUNG HEE SUN, OH MI-SUN, SUNG SUN-YOUNG, HEO YOUNG MOON, KIM TAE WOO, KIM DONG SEON, RYU JONG HA
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 01.03.2011
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BIOCIDES, e.g. AS DISINFECTANTS, AS PESTICIDES, AS HERBICIDES; FISHING; FORESTRY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PEST REPELLANTS OR ATTRACTANTS; PLANT GROWTH REGULATORS; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; PRESERVATION OF BODIES OF HUMANS OR ANIMALS OR PLANTS OR PARTSTHEREOF; TRAPPING

The present invention relates to a composition comprising a bamboo plant extract for the prevention and treatment of inflammatory or blood circulation disease. The extracts of bamboo plant has potent anti-inflammatory activity by inhibiting NO production and blood circulation-improving activity by inhibiting elastase activity and healing the wound of vascular endothelial cell, activating u-PA expression and inhibiting PAI-1 expression, lowering cholesterol deposit and inhibiting neointima formation, therefore it can be used as a therapeutic or health care food for treating and preventing inflammatory or blood circulation diseases.