Pharmaceutical composition for prevention, treatment and inhibition of cancer comprising Prunella vulgaris extract as an effective component

摘要

A composition comprising an extract of Prunella vulgaris is provided to enhance the activity of immune system such as macrophages, spleen lymphocytes, natural killer cells or lymphokine activated killer cells and show the inhibitory effect on growth of cancer cells and metastasis, thereby being used to prevent, treat and inhibit cancer diseases excellently with minimized side effects. A composition for preventing, treating and inhibiting cancer diseases comprises an extract of Prunella vulgaris as an effective ingredient. A pharmaceutical formulation comprises the composition, an excipient, a diluent and other crude drugs. A functional food for preventing, improving and inhibiting the cancer diseases comprises the composition and a sitologically acceptable additive. Further, the cancer is ascites carcinoma, solid cancer or lung cancer.