| abstract |
The present disclosure relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating neurodegenerative diseases, the pharmaceutical composition including a fermented steam-dried ginseng berry as an active ingredient. Specifically, the fermented steam-dried ginseng berry may have a high total ginsenoside and polyphenol content, exhibit antioxidant activity, inhibit acetylcholinesterase, improve cognitive function and spatial perception in animal model of dementias, recover acetylcholine expression and inhibit accumulation of amyloid-beta in brain tissue of the animal model of dementias, inhibit brain damage in animal model of dementias, and promote expression of genes related to brain damage in neuronal cell lines, and accordingly, the fermented steam-dried ginseng berry may be used to treat neurodegenerative diseases, improve cognitive function, and protect brain cells. |