Pharmaceutical composition for prevention or treatment inflammatory diseases comprising comprising root extract Hovenia dulcis, or fractions thereof, or compounds isolated from therefrom

摘要

The present invention relates to a composition for the prevention or treatment of inflammatory diseases, which includes a hawthorn root extract, a fraction thereof or a compound isolated therefrom as an active ingredient, specifically, a hawthorn root extract, a fraction thereof, or a compound isolated therefrom. It relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating and a food composition for preventing or improving. The root tree extract of the present invention, the fractions thereof and the compounds isolated therefrom can be used for the prevention, treatment, or improvement of inflammatory diseases by inhibiting the production of inflammatory mediators, inflammatory cytokines, prostaglandin E2 and nitric oxide. In addition, since the root tree root extract of the present invention, the fractions thereof and the compounds isolated therefrom are derived from natural products, they can be safely used without side effects in the prevention or treatment and improvement of inflammatory diseases.