COMPOSITION FOR ACTIVATING GABAA BENZODIAZEPINE RECEPTOR AND COMPOSITION FOR ANXIETY ALLEVIATION, CONVULSION REDUCTION, SEDATION AND SLEEP INDUCTION AND IMPROVEMENT CONTAINING PHLOROGLUCINOL, PHLOROTANNIN OR BROWN ALGAE EXTRACT

摘要

The present invention relates to a composition for activating a GABAA benzodiazepine receptor containing phloroglucinol, phlorotannin or a brown algae extract as an active ingredient. The brown algae extract has an affinity to a GABAA benzodiazepine receptor, and safety can be obtained without causing side effects because a material obtained from a natural substance is used. Phloroglucinol, phlorotannin or a brown algae extract can be utilized in a pharmaceutical composition for anti-anxiety, anti-convulsion, sedation and insomnia treatment or a food composition for anxiety alleviation, convulsion reduction, and sleep induction and improvement as an active ingredient.