摘要 |
The present invention relates to a novel use of an Anemarrhena asphodeloides root extract and the like, and a Rhizoma Coptidis extract and the like, and specifically, provides a composition for preventing, relieving or treating colitis, containing, as active ingredients: at least one selected from the Anemarrhena asphodeloides rootextract, an alcohol-soluble fraction of the Anemarrhena asphodeloides rootextract having a carbon number of 3 to 8, mangiferin, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of mangiferin, neomangiferin, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of neomangiferin; and at least one selected from the Rhizoma Coptidis extract or an alcohol-soluble fraction of the Rhizoma Coptidis extract having a carbon number of 3 to 8. According to the present invention, complex extracts comprising the Anemarrhena asphodeloides root extract and the like, and the Rhizoma Coptidis extract and the like can have excellent prevention or treatment activity against colitis in animal models, and thus can be used as ingredients for food and pharmaceutical use provided to a pharmaceutical composition or a functional food composition. |