A COMPOSITION FOR IMPROVING MEMORY AND PREVENTING OR TREATING COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION COMPRISINGβ-SITOSTEROL

摘要

The present invention relates to a composition includingβ-sitosterol as an active ingredient for improving memory and preventing and treating cognitive dysfunction disease. More specifically, theβ-sitosterol of the composition has an effect for improving the memory of a mouse joining in a Morris water-maze test and a passive avoidance test wherein the memory of the mouse was damaged byβ-amyloid, Aβ1-42. Therefore, theβ-sitosterol is used in a pharmaceutical composition and a health-promoting functional food product for preventing and treating diseases related to memory and cognitive dysfunction.