Composition containing Artemisia annua extract artemisinin or dihydroartemisinin for preventing or treating obesity

摘要

The present invention relates to a composition for preventing or treating obesity, which comprises an extract of Artemisia princeps, atemicinin or dihydroartemisinin as an active ingredient. The artichoke extract, atemicinin or dihydroatomicinin according to the present invention promotes the inhibitory activity of? -Glucosidase and? -Amylase, and is free from cytotoxicity, And has an excellent effect of suppressing the differentiation of captives. In addition, the rabbit extract according to the present invention does not cause hepatotoxicity in an animal model of obesity, has an excellent effect of decreasing body weight and fat weight by region and increasing the concentration of HDL-cholesterol in the blood, . / RTI