COMPOSITION FOR ANTIINFLAMMATORY AND INFLAMMATORY NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES COMPRISING HOUTTUYNIA CORDATA EXTRACT

摘要

The present invention relates to a composition for preventing and treating anti-inflammatory and inflammatory neurodegenerative diseases comprising a Houttuynia cordata extract as an effective component. The composition of the present invention can completely reduce the expression of LPS-inducing inductive nitrogen oxide synthesis (iNOS) protein and the production of NO in BV-2 microglial cells, and be effectively used as a treatment for neurodegenerative diseases and an effective anti-inflammatory agent.