SOPHORAE FLOS EXTRACT HAVING PREVENTING AND TREATING EFFECT ON OSTEOPOROSIS

摘要

PURPOSE: Provided is a process of preparing a Sophorae Flos extract containing a large amount of phytoestrogen useful for preventing and treating osteoporosis. Whereby, the extract can be effectively used as health food as well as a therapeutic agent for osteoporosis. CONSTITUTION: Sophorae Flos is soaked in 10 to 100% alcohol aqueous solution at 5 to 40deg.C and hydrolyzed in 0.1 to 2N acid or base solutions to produce a Sophorae Flos extract containing genistein or formononetin. The acid is hydrochloric acid or sulfuric acid, and the base is sodium hydroxide or potassium hydroxide.