NEW USE OF NATURAL PLANT POLYPHENOL AND MEDICAMENT AND/OR HEALTH CARE PRODUCT CONTAINING NATURAL PLANT POLYPHENOL

摘要

The present invention discloses new medicinal use of natural plant polyphenol, that is the use of natural plant polyphenol in preparing medicament and health care product for treating and/or preventing transmissible spongiform encephalopathy induced by prion, particularly Mad Cow Disease, sheep scrapie, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, and new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. The present invention also discloses medicament and/or health care product which contains natural plant polyphenol as active ingredient against prion and is useful for treating and/or preventing transmissible spongiform encephalopathy induced by prion, particularly for treating or preventing Mad Cow Disease, sheep scrapie, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, and new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.