The invention provides therapeutic compositions containing willow extract, such as willow leaf extract, methods of medical treatment using such compositions, and methods for preparing such compositions.

The present disclosure provides a composition comprising (a) exosome-like nanovesicles or exosomes and (b) a carrier, wherein the exosome-like nanovesicles or exosomes are extracted from Withania somnifera and methods of effecting a change in hair appearance, hair growth, hair pigmentation, hair follicle size or hair shaft size, comprising administering to the skin of a subject in need thereof an effective amount of such a composition.

A method of extracting active ingredients in mushrooms includes following steps: crushing a mushroom to obtain a crude mushroom crush; mixing the crude mushroom crush with deionized water to obtain a crude crush mixture; adding the crude crush mixture into a subcritical fluid extractor and extracting the crude crush mixture to obtain a crude mushroom extract; centrifuging the crude mushroom extract to harvest a first supernatant and a mushroom residue; mixing the mushroom residue with deionized water and a cellulase enzyme to obtain a reaction mixture; adding the reaction mixture into a high-pressure hydrolysis reactor and extracting the reaction mixture to obtain a hydrolysate; centrifuging the hydrolysate to obtain a second supernatant; and combining the first supernatant and the second supernatant, and then concentrating the combined first and second supernatants to obtain a mushroom extraction solution.

A dietary supplement composition is formulated in a therapeutic amount to maintain and promote urinary and prostate function in a human. The composition includes a shelf stable, supercritical CO.sub.2 fluid extracted, enhanced lipidosterolic extract of Serenoa repens (LSESr). The enhanced LSESr has a ratio of free fatty acids to total fatty acids that is greater than about 80.0% and an enrichment of lauric, myristic, oleic and linoleic acids as free fatty acids to total free fatty acids that is greater than about 82.0%.

The present invention relates to a functional food composition for enhancing muscular function and exercise performance and a method for preparing same. According to the present invention, provided is a composition which enables increased generation of factors associated with myogenesis and energy metabolism and thus enhances exercise performance and muscular function. More particularly, mitochondria and muscle cell synthesis is increased and muscular atrophy is inhibited, and thus muscle exercise effects can be increased and fatigue is reduced. The composition can be applied as a health function composition to various fields such as foods.

Methods of preparing a composition from chia seeds are provided. Compositions, including compositions prepared by the presently disclosed methods, and methods regarding selecting chia seeds and administering chia seed extracts are also disclosed.

A system of and for extraction or removal of phytochemicals from plants, including those of the plant family Cannabaceae sensu stricto. More specifically, a system for extracting essential oils from plants, such as cannabis, without the use of a solvent.

Provided are compositions for preventing or treating cancer, the compositions including Rubus longisepalus var. tozawai (Nakai) T.B.Lee extracts, or a fraction thereof as an active ingredient.

According to an aspect, a Rubus longisepalus var. tozawai (Nakai) T.B.Lee extract has an excellent anticancer efficacy against various cancers including diffuse-type gastric cancer, and thus, a cancer treatment agent having an excellent effect may be developed by using the extract as an active ingredient.

The present invention relates to a composition comprising Aster sphathulifolius Maxim extract for preventing, improving, or treating muscular diseases and for improving muscular functions. The Aster sphathulifolius Maxim extract according to the present invention exhibits effects of inhibiting the expression of muscle protein breakdown-related factors and increasing the expression of muscle protein synthesis-related factors, as well as alleviating the reduction of muscle tissue weight and cross-sectional area of muscle fibers, and thus can be useful for preventing, improving, or treating muscular diseases and improving muscular functions.

The preparation of an aqueous extract resulting from an aqueous extraction process of Cinnamomum aromaticum, Arctium lappa, Viticis fructus, Lonicera japonica, Acanthopanax gracilistylis, Raphanus sativus, Astragalus membranaceus and Hordeum vulgare and the chemical composition comprising said extract or fraction thereof, and the use of said composition or fraction thereof for treating or preventing cancers and inflammation related diseases, hair loss, stimulating hair growth, increasing energy production, and boosting immunity.