PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITIONS AND HEALTH FUNCTIONAL FOODS COMPRISING PELLIONIA SCABRA EXTRACTS FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING CANCERS

摘要

The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition and a health functional food for preventing or treating, comprising a Pellionia scabra Benth. extract as an active ingredient. Specifically, the Pellionia scabra Benth. extract of the present invention shows cytotoxicity against various cancer cell lines and an anti-cancer agent resistant cell line, and thus the composition comprising the extract can be used for treating cancer patients and multi-drug resistance cancer patients.