A nutritional product for improving performance during physical activity and a method of using the nutritional product to improve performance during activity. The nutritional product contains Rhodiola root extract, French pine extract, Pulsatilla vulgaris extract, ginger extract, yohimbe extract, Ginseng extract, Coleus forskohlii extract, vitamin B12, red beet extract, L-Arginine NO3, tongkat ali, a combination of Fenugreek fenugreek A and Fenugreek fenugreek B, and Tribulus terrestris extract. Also described are methods for improving a user's physical activity performance employing the nutritional products.

Compositions containing natural and botanical extracts for use in inhibiting one, two, or three of (a)-(c): (a) demethylation of PP2A by PME-1 methylesterase; (b) formation of free radicals and reactive oxygen species; and/or (c) inflammation. These compositions include an extract of one or more botanicals selected from the group consisting of: juniper berry fruit, schisandra fruit, strawberry fruit, avocado seeds, black raspberry seeds, blueberry seeds, celery seeds, cranberry seeds, fennel seeds, grape seeds, guarana seeds, red raspberry seeds, maca root, goldenseal root, turmeric root, magnolia bark, pygeum bark, red raspberry leaf, almond, cocoa powder, Echinacea angustifolia, prickly pear cactus and walnut.

Compositions containing natural and botanical extracts for use in inhibiting one, two, or three of (a)-(c): (a) demethylation of PP2A by PME-1 methylesterase; (b) formation of free radicals and reactive oxygen species; and/or (c) inflammation. These compositions include an extract of one or more botanicals selected from the group consisting of: juniper berry fruit, schisandra fruit, strawberry fruit, avocado seeds, black raspberry seeds, blueberry seeds, celery seeds, cranberry seeds, fennel seeds, grape seeds, guarana seeds, red raspberry seeds, maca root, goldenseal root, turmeric root, magnolia bark, pygeum bark, red raspberry leaf, almond, cocoa powder, Echinacea angustifolia, prickly pear cactus and walnut.

Disclosed are means, compositions of matter, and protocols useful for neuroprotection and neuroregeneration. In one embodiment the invention provides administration of pterostilbene alone or in combination with other ingredients to induce neuroprotection and/or neuroregeneration. The invention teaches protection/regeneration in conditions associated with neurological inflammation and/or other congenital or acquired neurodegenerative diseases.

Disclosed are means, compositions of matter, and protocols useful for neuroprotection and neuroregeneration. In one embodiment the invention provides administration of pterostilbene alone or in combination with other ingredients to induce neuroprotection and/or neuroregeneration. The invention teaches protection/regeneration in conditions associated with neurological inflammation and/or other congenital or acquired neurodegenerative diseases.

Disclosed are means, compositions of matter, and protocols useful for neuroprotection and neuroregeneration. In one embodiment the invention provides administration of pterostilbene alone or in combination with other ingredients to induce neuroprotection and/or neuroregeneration. The invention teaches protection/regeneration in conditions associated with neurological inflammation and/or other congenital or acquired neurodegenerative diseases.

The present invention relates to a composition for improving or promoting hair growth, which contains, as an active ingredient, a photosensitizer-peptide conjugate, and to a method for screening for the hair growth promoter using the active ingredients. ALA, which is the photosensitizer of the present invention, is preferably activated by LED radiation, and more preferably activated by radiation having a long wavelength of 650 to 675 nm. The peptide of the present invention is a peptide in which 3 to 7 amino acid residues are incorporated (most preferably, glycine-histidine-lysine), and may cooperate with the photosensitizer to enable very superior hair growth improving or promoting effects using light radiation. Further, the composition of the present invention may exhibit further superior effects when natural extracts (for example, Cimicifuga heracleifolia extracts, Scutellaria baicalensis extracts or Codonopsis lanceolata extracts) are added. Thus, the composition of the present invention can be significantly advantageously applied to drugs, quasi-drugs, and cosmetics.

The present invention relates to a composition for improving or promoting hair growth, which contains, as an active ingredient, a photosensitizer-peptide conjugate, and to a method for screening for the hair growth promoter using the active ingredients. ALA, which is the photosensitizer of the present invention, is preferably activated by LED radiation, and more preferably activated by radiation having a long wavelength of 650 to 675 nm. The peptide of the present invention is a peptide in which 3 to 7 amino acid residues are incorporated (most preferably, glycine-histidine-lysine), and may cooperate with the photosensitizer to enable very superior hair growth improving or promoting effects using light radiation. Further, the composition of the present invention may exhibit further superior effects when natural extracts (for example, Cimicifuga heracleifolia extracts, Scutellaria baicalensis extracts or Codonopsis lanceolata extracts) are added. Thus, the composition of the present invention can be significantly advantageously applied to drugs, quasi-drugs, and cosmetics.

The present invention relates to a composition for improving or promoting hair growth, which contains, as an active ingredient, a photosensitizer-peptide conjugate, and to a method for screening for the hair growth promoter using the active ingredients. ALA, which is the photosensitizer of the present invention, is preferably activated by LED radiation, and more preferably activated by radiation having a long wavelength of 650 to 675 nm. The peptide of the present invention is a peptide in which 3 to 7 amino acid residues are incorporated (most preferably, glycine-histidine-lysine), and may cooperate with the photosensitizer to enable very superior hair growth improving or promoting effects using light radiation. Further, the composition of the present invention may exhibit further superior effects when natural extracts (for example, Cimicifuga heracleifolia extracts, Scutellaria baicalensis extracts or Codonopsis lanceolata extracts) are added. Thus, the composition of the present invention can be significantly advantageously applied to drugs, quasi-drugs, and cosmetics.

Pharmaceutical compositions containing a combination of rhizoma coptidis and a herbal composition comprises at least one herb selected from the group consisting of Radix Ginseng, Poria, Rhizoma Atractylodis macrocephalae, Semen Lablab album, Rhizoma Dioscoreae, Embryo Nelumbinis, Radix Platycodonis, Semen Coicis, Fructus Amomi, Fructus Jujubae and Radix Glycyrrhizae are disclosed. Methods of treating diseases by administering an effective amount of the pharmaceutical composition are also provided.