COMPOSITION FOR ALLEVIATING SYMPTOMS OF ANDROPAUSE, CONTAINING EXTRACT OF FICUS AURICULATA LOUR. AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT

摘要

The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition, food composition, and food additive for preventing or alleviating symptoms of andropause containing extract of Ficus auriculata Lour. as an active ingredient.;The extract of Ficus auriculata Lour. of the present invention exhibits the effect of preventing and alleviating erectile dysfunction by inhibiting the activity of PDE5, and the effect of preventing and alleviating prostatic hyperplasia by suppressing the expression of AR and PSA. Therefore, the extract of Ficus auriculata Lour. of the present invention may be usefully used as an active ingredient of a pharmaceutical composition, food composition, and food additive for alleviating symptoms of andropause.