摘要 |
<p>Disclosed are pharmaceutical and food compositions for preventing or treating hepatic disease, containing a pharmaceutically effective amount of an extract from a plant Agrimonia eupatoria L.. Also, the present invention discloses a method of preparing a water-soluble extract from a plant of the genus Agrimonia, which has improved efficacy in preventing or treating hepatic diseases, characterized by heating a mixture of a pulverized product of a plant of the genus Agrimonia and water at about 20°C to 30°C for about 7 days or more, and pharmaceutical and food compositions for preventing or treating a hepatic disease, containing a water-soluble extract prepared according to the method. Further, the present invention discloses a method of preparing an organic solvent-soluble extract from a plant of the genus Agrimonia, which has improved efficacy in preventing or treating hepatic diseases, comprising the steps of extracting a plant of the genus Agrimonia with an organic solvent, and removing an aqueous fraction and then obtaining an organic solvent-soluble fraction, and pharmaceutical and food compositions for preventing or treating hepatic disease, containing an extract prepared according to the method.</p> |