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PURPOSE:A drug composition such as ones for circulatory organs, metabolic drugs, etc., comprising Angelica shikokiana Makino as an active ingredient. CONSTITUTION:A drug composition for circulatory organs or useful as metabolic drugs, comprising a component (bergapten, psoralen, 3'-acetoxy-4'-angeloxy-3', 4'-dihydroxyseselin, and 3'-acetoxy-4'cenecioxy-3',4'-dihydroxyseselin) contained in root and stalk part of cultivated system of Angelica shikokiana Makino that is a plant belonging to the family Umbeliferae as an active ingredient. In Angelica shikokiana Makino, its stalk or roots are dried and powdered, its stalk and roots are extracted with an organic solvent such as ethyl acetate, etc. to give essence, which is used as an active ingredient, which is pharmaceutically manufactured into a tablet, pill, capsule, etc. It has an inhibitory action on the action of noradrenaline, catecholamine and further preventing action on accumulation of fats in liver and accumulation of peroxide.
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