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Maitake, Hen of the Woods · 2008 · Patent

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PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING AND TREATING LIVER DISEASE

Grifola frondosa

Liver support
SpeciesMaitake, Hen of the Woods
JournalNot listed
Year2008

Key points

  • A pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating liver diseases is provided to show excellent liver function protecting effect and be harmless to human body, thereby being usefully used as a medicine for preventing or treating liver damage
  • A pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating liver diseases induced by carbon tetrachloride such as fatty liver, liver fibrosis and liver cirrhosis comprises a water extract of Grifola frondosa fruit bodies as an effective ingredient, wherein the extract is prepared by adding 20 times weight of distilled water regarding dried and crushed Grifola frondosa fruit bodies and extracting it repetitively in a constant temperature water bath at a temperature of 40 deg.C three times for 12 hours

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Abstract

A pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating liver diseases is provided to show excellent liver function protecting effect and be harmless to human body, thereby being usefully used as a medicine for preventing or treating liver damage. A pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating liver diseases induced by carbon tetrachloride such as fatty liver, liver fibrosis and liver cirrhosis comprises a water extract of Grifola frondosa fruit bodies as an effective ingredient, wherein the extract is prepared by adding 20 times weight of distilled water regarding dried and crushed Grifola frondosa fruit bodies and extracting it repetitively in a constant temperature water bath at a temperature of 40 deg.C three times for 12 hours.

Citation

LEE JAE SUNG, LEE JONG SUK, KIM JUNG AE (2008). PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING AND TREATING LIVER DISEASE.

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