NEUROPROTECTIVE COMPOSITION FOR COMPRISING EXTRACTS OR FRACTIONS OF ASPERGILLUS TERREUS AS AN ACTIVE INGREDIENT

摘要

The present invention relates to a neuroprotective composition comprising an extract or a fraction of Aspergillus terreus as an active ingredient. The composition of the present invention can be used as a pharmaceutical composition for preventing and treating nerve cell related diseases such as cerebral ischemia caused by neuronal death, stroke, head trauma, hypoxia, and Huntington′s disease since the Aspergillus terreus extract or the fraction thereof has an excellent effect of suppressing toxicity of neuronal cells due to glutamate, has an excellent effect for preventing brain nerve cell death caused by toxicity of the nerve cells, and is safe to human body since the extract has no cytotoxicity.