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AssigneeUniversity-Industry Cooperation Group of Kyung Hee University
InventorsJung-Hye Choi, Ji-Hyyun Kim
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The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition containing Puerariae Flos extracts as active ingredients for preventing or treating endometriosis and the complications thereof. More particularly, Puerariae Flos extracts exhibit the activity of inhibiting the migration and adhesion of endometriosis cells, inhibiting the expressions of MMP-2 and MMP-9, which are factors associated with migration and adhesion, inhibiting the expression of COX-2, which is a factor associated with pain, and inhibiting the expression of MCP-1, which is a cytokine associated with inflammation, and RANTES. Therefore, the Puerariae Flos extracts of the present invention can be effectively used as active ingredients for a pharmaceutical composition for preventing and treating endometriosis and the complications thereof, and for a health food.
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A method for treating endometriosis which includes the step of administering a pharmaceutically effective dose of Puerariae Flos extract to a subject having endometriosis.
A method for treating the complications of endometriosis which includes the step of administering a pharmaceutically effective dose of Puerariae Flos extract to a subject having the complications of endometriosis.
A method for treating endometriosis cell which includes the step of administering a pharmaceutically effective dose of Puerariae Flos extract to a subject having inhibition of endometriosis cell migration and adhesion
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