COMPOSITION FOR IMPROVING MEMORY OR COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING AND TREATING ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE, COMPRISING COOKED PROCESSED SILKWORM PRODUCT HAVING SILK PROTEIN

摘要

The present invention relates to a composition for improving memory, or to a composition for preventing and treating Alzheimer's disease. In particular, the present invention provides a composition for improving memory or a composition for preventing and treating Alzheimer's disease, which comprises a cooked processed silkworm product having a silk protein, containing, as an active ingredient, a variety selected from among silkworm varieties that has the most desirable effects in terms of improving synaptic structure, protecting neuronal cells, and enhancing mitochondrial activity. Accordingly, as various health supplements or drugs using the present invention are anticipated to be developed and commercialized, the present invention can be expected to significantly contribute to the advancement of sericulture by increasing the utility of cooked processed silkworm products having silk glands and also turning same into high value-added products, and furthermore, the present invention can be expected to reduce rising social costs due to population ageing (health care costs, etc.), thereby greatly contributing to the improvement of the quality of life of people.