| titleOfInvention |
COMPOSITION FOR TREATMENT, PREVENTION, OR IMPROVEMENT OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE, COMPOSITION FOR INHIBITING CRANIAL NERVE CELL DEATH, COMPOSITION FOR INHIBITING MICROGLIA ACTIVATION INDUCED BY AMYLOID β PEPTIDE, AND COMPOSITION FOR INHIBITING PGE2, TNF-α, OR IL-1β PRODUCTION INDUCED BY AMYLOID β PEPTIDE |
| abstract |
The present invention provides a composition useful in the treatment, prevention, improvement, etc. of Alzheimer's disease, the composition having a component derived from turmeric as an active ingredient. The present invention pertains to a composition for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, a composition for inhibiting cranial nerve cell death, a composition for inhibiting microglia activation induced by amyloid β peptide, or a composition for inhibiting PGE2, TNF-α, or IL-1β production induced by amyloid β peptide, the composition having as an active ingredient turmeric extract obtained by at least one extraction solvent selected from the group consisting of water and hydrophilic organic solvents, or at least one selected from turmeronol A and turmeronol B. |