xanthine oxidase inhibitor, xanthine oxidase and 5 - reductase inhibitor, as well as pharmaceutical compositions containing the inhibitor things

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent or improve gout and hyperuricemia as well as to prevent prostate hypertrophy and male alopecia to improve the QOL (quality of life) of users by compounding an extract and/or dried powder of Kaempferia parviflora into foods and drinks or pharmaceutical products which can be daily ingested, or by compounding into cosmetics to be used, on the basis of the discovery that an extract and/or dried powder of Kaempferia parviflora has a xanthine oxidase inhibition effect and a 5α-reductase inhibition effect.SOLUTION: The xanthine oxidase inhibitor contains an extract and/or dried powder of Kaempferia parviflora.