Water-soluble extract originating in feather cockscomb

摘要

A water-soluble extract extracted and isolated from feather cockscomb (Celosia argentea, L.), which is a plant belonging to the family Amaranthaceae, and a medicinal composition or a food additive containing this extract as the active ingredient. The extract contains 90 to 99 % by weight of polysaccharides and 1 to 10 % by weight of proteins, exerts depressive effects on toxic hepatopathy caused by alcohol and drugs and immune hepatopathy caused by viruses, etc. and thus is useful as a preventive or remedy for hepatopathy.