COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING OR TREATING DEMENTIA CONTAINING PRUNUS MUME EXTRACT

摘要

The present invention relates to a composition for preventing or treating dementia containing an extract of Prunus mume (Fructus mume), and the Prunus mume extract of the present invention has outstanding effects in improving spatial recognition ability and in normalising hippocampal damage (normalising ERK phosphorylation, increasing ChAT and normalising NF-kappa B) induced by chronic vascular brain damage in a vascular dementia animal model, and hence can be used to advantage as a medicinal product for preventing or treating dementia diseases and as a functional health food for preventing or alleviating dementia diseases that accompany vascular brain damage such as vascular dementia.