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A composition for lowering cholesterol containing Plantago asiatica essential oil is provided to perform oxygen-resistant using steam distillation, to lower cholesterol and to prevent or cure arteriosclerosis. A composition for lowering cholesterol contains Plantago asiatica essential oil as an effective component. The Plantago asiatica essential oil is extracted by using a steam distillation method, and includes a linalool as a main volatile refined oil material, fenchyl alcohol, bicyclogermacrene, menthen-2,3-diol and eugenol. The Plantago asiatica essential oil increases an expression of the LDL receptor from liver cells of the human, educes an expression of an HMG-CoA reductase and lowers a cholesterol of the blood of the human and the liver and an intestines, and a neutral lipid.
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