The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing, ameliorating, or treating cancer. More specifically, the present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating cancer including a lignan compound having a specific chemical structure (Chemical Formula 1); a health functional food composition for preventing or ameliorating cancer including the lignan compound; and a method for preventing, ameliorating, or treating cancer using the composition. Further, the present invention relates to a use of the lignan compound in the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition or a health functional food composition for preventing, ameliorating, or treating cancer.

The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing, ameliorating, or treating cancer. More specifically, the present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating cancer including a lignan compound having a specific chemical structure (Chemical Formula 1); a health functional food composition for preventing or ameliorating cancer including the lignan compound; and a method for preventing, ameliorating, or treating cancer using the composition. Further, the present invention relates to a use of the lignan compound in the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition or a health functional food composition for preventing, ameliorating, or treating cancer.

An object of the present invention is to provide an agent for improving red blood cell function which has both high antioxidant action and high ability to migrate into red blood cells, and can effectively protect red blood cells against oxidative stress. Cucurbitaxanthin A and/or a derivative thereof has an ability to migrate into red blood cells significantly higher than that of the other carotenoids reported to migrate into red blood cells, and can effectively protect red blood cells against oxidative stress, and thus, is effective as an agent for improving red blood cell function.

An object of the present invention is to provide an agent for improving red blood cell function which has both high antioxidant action and high ability to migrate into red blood cells, and can effectively protect red blood cells against oxidative stress. Cucurbitaxanthin A and/or a derivative thereof has an ability to migrate into red blood cells significantly higher than that of the other carotenoids reported to migrate into red blood cells, and can effectively protect red blood cells against oxidative stress, and thus, is effective as an agent for improving red blood cell function.

A compound of Formula 1

##STR00001## wherein, X represents an alkyl, alkylene, alkenyl, alkenylene, alkynyl or alkynylene group, optionally having at least one substituent selected from the group of —OR.sup.1 and —NR.sup.1R.sup.2, or Y represents —OTBS, —OR.sup.1, —NR.sup.1R.sup.2; Z represents —OR.sup.3 or ═O; and R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 each independently stand for H, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, heteroaryl, or heterocyclyl, optionally in the form of enantiomers racemic mixtures, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, for use as a medicament, in particular for use in anti-viral cancer treatment in mammals and for use in treatment of benign or neoplastic genital Human Papilloma Virus associated diseases and for use in treatment of non-genital warts.

The invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition containing cineole for topical, in particular nasal, preferably intranasal application, to the use thereof and to an application device containing said pharmaceutical composition.

The invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition containing cineole for topical, in particular nasal, preferably intranasal application, to the use thereof and to an application device containing said pharmaceutical composition.

The present invention relates to systems and devices to treat and/or prevent inflammatory conditions within a subject and to related methods. More particularly, the invention relates to systems, devices, and related methods that sequester leukocytes and/or platelets and then inhibit their inflammatory action.

The present invention relates to systems and devices to treat and/or prevent inflammatory conditions within a subject and to related methods. More particularly, the invention relates to systems, devices, and related methods that sequester leukocytes and/or platelets and then inhibit their inflammatory action.

Preparations of glycan therapeutics, pharmaceutical compositions and medical foods thereof, optionally comprising micronutrients, polyphenols, prebiotics, probiotics, or other agents are provided and methods of making same. Also provided are methods of using said glycan therapeutics, e.g. for the modulation of human gastrointestinal microbiota and to treat dysbioses.