Methods for treating diseases, disorders, and/or conditions associated with COVID-19 comprising administering at least one E-selectin antagonist and/or composition comprising the same are disclosed. Also disclosed are compounds, compositions, and methods for treating patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome.

Methods for treating diseases, disorders, and/or conditions associated with COVID-19 comprising administering at least one E-selectin antagonist and/or composition comprising the same are disclosed. Also disclosed are compounds, compositions, and methods for treating patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome.

The present invention relates to a novel use of an Anemarrhena asphodeloides Bunge extract and the like, and provides a composition for preventing or treating colitis, including an Anemarrhena asphodeloides Bunge extract, a fraction thereof or a compound isolated therefrom as an active ingredient. In addition, the present invention relates to a novel use of a combined extract of medicinal herbs, and provides a composition for preventing or treating colitis, including an Anemarrhena asphodeloides Bunge extract, a Galla Rhois extract, a Codonopsis lancellata extract, and the like as active ingredients, or including an Anemarrhena asphodeloides Bunge extract, a Coptis japonica Makino extract, and the like as active ingredients. According to the present invention, the Anemarrhena asphodeloides Bunge extract and the like or the combined extract can be used as a food or medical materials constituting a pharmaceutical composition or a nutraceutical composition. The pharmaceutical composition or the nutraceutical composition can be used for preventing or treating acute colitis or chronic colitis, and particularly, can effectively prevent, delay, alleviate or treat inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and the like.

The present invention relates to a novel use of an Anemarrhena asphodeloides Bunge extract and the like, and provides a composition for preventing or treating colitis, including an Anemarrhena asphodeloides Bunge extract, a fraction thereof or a compound isolated therefrom as an active ingredient. In addition, the present invention relates to a novel use of a combined extract of medicinal herbs, and provides a composition for preventing or treating colitis, including an Anemarrhena asphodeloides Bunge extract, a Galla Rhois extract, a Codonopsis lancellata extract, and the like as active ingredients, or including an Anemarrhena asphodeloides Bunge extract, a Coptis japonica Makino extract, and the like as active ingredients. According to the present invention, the Anemarrhena asphodeloides Bunge extract and the like or the combined extract can be used as a food or medical materials constituting a pharmaceutical composition or a nutraceutical composition. The pharmaceutical composition or the nutraceutical composition can be used for preventing or treating acute colitis or chronic colitis, and particularly, can effectively prevent, delay, alleviate or treat inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), and the like.

The present invention relates to composition for enhancing immunity, comprising ginsenoside F1 as an active ingredient. Specifically, the composition according to the present invention promotes degranulation activity and cell-killing activity of natural killer cells, and increases expressions of cell-killing factors, thereby being effectively used as an immune enhancer.

A method of reducing muscle damage in a human being includes providing an extract of Kenyan purple tea (scientific name: Camellia sinensis; variety name: TRFK306) containing 1,2-di-O-galloyl-4,6-O-(S)-hexahydroxydiphenoyl-β-D-glucose (GHG). Then, an effective amount of the purple tea extract is administered to a body of a human being engaged in intensive exercise to reduce muscle damage associated with the intensive exercise.

A method of reducing muscle damage in a human being includes providing an extract of Kenyan purple tea (scientific name: Camellia sinensis; variety name: TRFK306) containing 1,2-di-O-galloyl-4,6-O-(S)-hexahydroxydiphenoyl-β-D-glucose (GHG). Then, an effective amount of the purple tea extract is administered to a body of a human being engaged in intensive exercise to reduce muscle damage associated with the intensive exercise.

Disclosed herein are methods for treating a cancer comprising: a. administering a Btk inhibitor to a subject sufficient to result in an increase or appearance in the blood of a subpopulation of lymphocytes defined by immunophenotyping; b. determining the expression profile of one or more biomarkers from one or more subpopulation of lymphocytes; and c. administering a second agent based on the determined expression profile.

Disclosed herein are methods for treating a cancer comprising: a. administering a Btk inhibitor to a subject sufficient to result in an increase or appearance in the blood of a subpopulation of lymphocytes defined by immunophenotyping; b. determining the expression profile of one or more biomarkers from one or more subpopulation of lymphocytes; and c. administering a second agent based on the determined expression profile.

The invention is intended to provide an excellent antitumor agent. An antitumor agent contains a glycolipid glycoside compound represented by Formula (1) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient: ##STR00001##
in the formula, R.sup.1 to R.sup.4 are the same as or different from each other and represent an alkanoyl group or a hydrogen atom, and A represents a sugar alcohol residue or a polyol residue.