COMPOSITION FOR IMPROVING COGNITIVE FUNCTION OR MEMORY ABILITY CONTAINING EXTRACT OR FRACTION OF NATIVE ACTINIDIA ARGUTA AS EFFECTIVE COMPONENT

摘要

The present invention relates to a health functional food composition for improving cognitive function or memory ability and a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or curing degenerative cranial nerve disease that contain an extract or a fraction of native Actinidia arguta as an effective component. More specifically, since an extract or a fraction of native Actinidia arguta has excellent antioxidative action, lipid peroxidation inhibitory action, and acetylcholine esterase (AChE) inhibitory effect, cranial nerve cells are effectively protected. Further, an excellent recovery effect in cognitive function and learning ability are exhibited in an Alzheimer induced animal model, thus an extract or a fraction of native Actinidia argute can be usefully used for a composition for preventing, improving or curing cognitive dysfunction or in memory dysfunction.;COPYRIGHT KIPO 2016