Composition for preventing ameliorating or treating dry eye syndrome comprising Liriope platyphylla extract or its fraction as effective component

摘要

The present invention relates to a composition for preventing, alleviating or treating dry eye syndrome containing a Liriope muscari extract or a fraction thereof as an active component. The Liriope muscari extract or the fraction thereof of the present invention decreases an expression ratio of an IL-8 gene, increases an expression ratio of mucin-1 protein reduced by fine dust, increases the amount of tear secretion reduced by dry eye syndrome, and inhibits the change of corneal shape in which a round circle is curved and crushed, thereby being able to be usefully utilized as a medicine or health functional food for preventing, alleviating or treating dry eye syndrome.