PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTION OR TREATMENT OF DEGENERATIVE DISEASE COMPRISING THE ETHANOL EXTRACT OF GRACILARIOPSIS CHORDA AS AN EFFECTIVE COMPONENT AND HELTH FUNCTIONAL FOOD COMPRISING THE SAME

摘要

The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition and functional health food comprising an ethanol extract of Gracilariopsis chorda as an effective component for preventing or treating degenerative diseases. The effective component of the present invention is a novel extract derived from marine algae, and protects hippocampal neuron from noxious oxidizing stresses, thereby having an excellent effect in preventing, alleviating, or treating various degenerative diseases.