COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING AND TREATING BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA COMPRISING AN EXTRACT OR COMPOUND FROM DENDROPANAX MORBIFERA

摘要

The present invention relates to a use of a Dendropanax morbifera extract as an agent for preventing and treating benign prostatic hyperplasia. More particularly, the present invention relates to a composition and a functional health food for preventing and treating benign prostatic hyperplasia, wherein the composition and functional health food comprise, as an active ingredient, a Dendropanax morbifera extract or a compound which is isolated from the extract and then purified. According to the present invention, the Dendropanax morbifera extract and the compound isolated from the extract have been proved to be capable of effectively preventing and treating benign prostatic hyperplasia through a mechanism for inhibiting the androgen receptor signaling causing benign prostatic hyperplasia. Therefore, the Dendropanax morbifera extract and the compound isolated from the extract according to the present invention can be effectively used in the production of medicines and functional foods capable of preventing, treating, alleviating benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostate cancer.