A PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION COMPRISING EXTRACTS OF STERCULIA LYCHOPHORA FOR PREVENTING, IMPROVING OR TREATING DISEASE OF ORAL CAVITY

摘要

The present invention relates to a composition for preventing, alleviating, or treating oral cavity diseases and, more specifically, to a composition comprising a Sterculia lychnophora extract as an active ingredient. According to the present invention, the Sterculia lychnophora extract has effects in inhibiting the proliferation of oral bacteria, effects in inhibiting the acid generation of the oral bacteria, effects in inhibiting the formation of a biofilm of the oral bacteria, and effects in inhibiting the formation of the biofilm of the oral bacteria on a surface of artificial teeth and natural teeth.