COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING, ALLEVIATING, OR TREATING ARTERIOSCLEROSIS, CONTAINING CANNABIS SATIVA L. STEM EXTRACT AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT

摘要

The present invention relates to a composition for preventing, alleviating, or treating arteriosclerosis, containing Cannabis sativa L. stem extract as an active ingredient. It has been identified that a Cannabis sativa L. stem extract shows almost no cytotoxicity and reduces the amount of intracellular lipid and the expression of cholesterol biosynthesis pathway-related genes and increases the expression of genes for discharging cholesterol. Therefore, it is expected that a Cannabis sativa L. stem extract, which is an active ingredient of the present invention, is effectively usable as a composition for preventing, alleviating, or treating arteriosclerosis.