COMPOSITION FOR PREVENTING AND TREATING DEMENTIA COMPRISING SAGASSUM SERRATIFOLIUM EXTRACT

摘要

The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating dementia, comprising a Sargassum serratifolium extract as an active ingredient. Specifically, the present invention relates to a composition comprising a Sargassum serratifolium extract and a compound separated from the extract as an active ingredient. The composition does not generate the toxicity to cells, and has stability. The composition is capable of inhibiting the expression of the protein and the gene of inflammation-related factors, and has excellent effects in inhibiting the generation of beta amyloid, which is known as a cause of the dementia, thereby having effects in being used as an ingredient of a functional food and drugs for preventing, alleviating, and treating the dementia.