Provided are a method for preventing or treating photoaging of skin, including: administering a composition comprising an effective amount of an extract of Agastache rugosa O Kuntze to a subject in need thereof. The composition decreases expression of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) induced by ultraviolet B (UVB) irradiation; decreases expression of mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK)/activator protein-1 (AP-1) signaling; improves collagen synthesis; decreases skin inflammation induced by NF-κB; and decreases oxidative stress induced by UVB irradiation.

The present invention relates to a method of preparing a composition comprising ferulic acid. An aspect of the invention is a composition comprising hydrolysed wheat bran for use in the treatment or prevention of metabolic disease.

A method for treating a sleep disorder according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes administering a composition comprising an extract of Hibiscus syriacus as an effective ingredient to a subject in need thereof. Because the Hibiscus syriacus extract of the present invention has an effect of improving sleep time deteriorated by stress, and an effect of reducing the content of corticosterone, which increases due to stress, and increasing the content of serotonin in blood. In addition, the composition has an effect of enhancing in a significant sense the expression of GABAR A α1 in cerebral cortex, which decreases due to stress, in a group administered with Hibiscus syriacus extract. As such, the composition comprising Hibiscus syriacus extract as an effective ingredient as an effective ingredient can be advantageously used as a functional health food composition or a pharmaceutical composition for preventing, ameliorating or treating sleeping disorders.

A composition for use in the treatment and/or prevention of adverse side effects induced by an anti-cancer compound, said composition comprising an aqueous liquid extract, the aqueous liquid extract comprising Phycocyanin. The present invention also relates to the use of this aqueous liquid extract comprising Phycocyanin and optionally Spirulina polysaccharides, for the treatment and/or prevention of adverse side effects induced by an anti-cancer compound.

Indeed, Phycocyanin, thanks to its antioxidant effects, can reduce the undesirable side effects induced by an anti-cancer compound.

Provided is a Withania somnifera extract composition contains at least one of withaferin A, withanoside IV, withanoside V, withanoside VI, withanolide A, withanolide B, anaferine, anahygrine, 12-deoxywithastromonolide, sitoindoside X, sitoindoside IX, cuscohygrine, isopelletierine, bracteosin A, bracteosin B, or bracteosin C, or a salt or solvate of any one thereof. Related compositions, methods, and processes are also provided.

The present invention relates to a composition for preventing or treating hypertension, the composition comprising, as an active ingredient, a complex extract of Puerariae Radix, Platycodonis Radix, Liriopis Tuber, Dioscoreae Rhizoma, Coicis Semen, and Schisandrae Fructus. A pharmaceutical composition or food composition according to the present invention can be used to effectively prevent, ameliorate, or treat hypertension or hypertension-related diseases.

The invention relates to methods for preparing an olive (Olea europaea subsp. europaea), preferably acebuche (Olea europaea subsp. europaea var. sylvestris) composition, the olive or acebuche composition as prepared, and uses thereof in the prevention or treatment of a bacterial or fungal infection in mammals, preferably infection by antibiotic resistant or multi-resistant bacteria. Other uses relate to functional food additives, in particular an animal feed additive, or to uses in cosmetics.

A traditional Chinese medicine composition for treating psoriasis, a preparation method therefor and a use thereof. The traditional Chinese medicine composition comprises: water buffalo horn powder, Japanese honeysuckle flower, gypsum, red peony root, peony bark, charred cape jasmine fruit, baical skullcap root, raw garden burnet root, and liquorice root. The preparation method comprises: proportionally weighing out the baical skullcap root, the Japanese honeysuckle flower, the red peony root, the peony bark, the gypsum, the charred cape jasmine fruit, the garden burnet root and the liquorice root, adding water and decocting 1 to 3 times, each time using 4 to 10 times the amount (weight to volume ratio) of water and decocting for 0.5 to 3 hours; combining decoctions, filtering, vacuum concentrating the filtrate, drying same, adding the water buffalo horn powder and mixing until evenly distributed.

This is an invention of a process and combination of ingredients in producing an novel herbal energy tea that is ready to drink. This tea is composed of elderberry dandelion, rose petals and rose hips, Mexican honeysuckle, yohimbe and agave nectar. This tea is yohimbe, elderberry, and Mexican honeysuckle based. The tea is not tea leaf based. There are currently no other products on the market in the United States that are similar to this product. It is the first, a novelty. The process of making an organic drinkable herbal energy tea product also includes the distinct process of using distilled water and or spring water. This also makes the process distinct and novel, because it is the first process that does not use municipal filtered water (which may contain cross contaminants) in the production of energy tea drinks. In addition yohimbe (tree bark) is the stimulant of choice as opposed to caffeine and other market stimulants. The sum of ingredients included in the process and production work synergistically to support vital organ function.

Brewing the ingredients require a short process of initial high heat of up to 212 degrees Fahrenheit, then simmering for 1 and a half hours at a temperature of 75 degrees. After simmering, the tea goes through a double micro filtration process extracting solid waste by-products. Thereafter, sweeteners and extracts are mixed and added to the warm cooling brew arriving the product to final settle and cool ready for storage or distribution.

A method for production of red ginseng hydrolysis concentrate according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes carrying out an enzyme reaction of red ginseng concentrate by adding an enzyme solution followed by addition of alcohol to prepare a mixture solution of red ginseng and alcohol, and centrifuging the prepared mixture solution of red ginseng and alcohol followed by concentration under reduced pressure of a supernatant separated by the centrifuge, and a red ginseng hydrolysis concentrate produced by the aforementioned process.