COMPOSITION CONTAINING GINSENG BERRY EXTRACT

摘要

A composition containing ginseng berry extract as active ingredient is for facilitation of blood circulation, for prevention of vascular aging, for treatment of vascular inflammation, for facilitation of angiogenesis, for treatment of ischemic heart disease, for improvement and treatment of local blood circulation insufficiency, for improvement of skin beauty and for improvement of male sexual function,. More particularly, the compositions containing ginseng berry extract as active ingredient facilitate nitric oxide (NO) generation in endothelial cells, improve viability of endothelial cells, and facilitate angiogenesis through increased mobility of endothelial cells and vascular tube formation; provide antioxidative effect, facilitate biosynthesis of collagen, provide skin aging inhibiting and wrinkle improving effects through inhibition of MMP-1, provide skin whitening effect through inhibition of melanin synthesis, and provide skin moisturizing effect; and improve male sexual function through relaxation of the corpus cavemosum and enhancement of penial erection, and, as used in combination with 1-arginine, which is a substrate of nitric oxide synthase, provide synergically enhanced NO generation.