Disclosed are a Piper laetispicum extract and a preparation method therefor and a use thereof. The Piper laetispicum extract includes any one or more of sesamin, (2E,6E)-N-isobutyl-7-(3,4-methylenedioxyphenyl)heptadienamide, (2E,4E)-N-isobutyldodecane-2,4-dieneamide, (2E,4E)-N-isobutyl-15-phenylpentadeca-2,4-dieneamide, (2E,4E,14Z)—N-isobutyleicosane-2,4,14-trienamide, and (2E,4E)-N-isobutyl-13-phenyltrideca-2,4-dieneamide. The Piper laetispicum extract can prevent depression.

The present invention is related to a topical pharmaceutical composition and cosmetic composition comprising a combined herb extract of Longanae Arillus, Ligustici Tenuissimi Rhizoma and Polygalae radix as an active ingredient to inhibit TLSP (thymic stromal lymphopoietin) cytokine expression or to treat and alleviate skin inflammatory diseases.

This invention relates to the extraction of psychoactive compounds from psilocybin fungus for use in medicine. Raw psilocybin fungus is dried and ground. The solvent used for extraction is a lower aliphatic alcohol, water, a hydro-alcohol mixture, an acidic hydro-alcohol mixture, or an alkaline hydro-alcohol mixture. The extraction slurry is filtered and pH-adjusted if necessary. The solvent is then partially evaporated, or completely evaporated with water added back, to form a concentrated slurry. The concentrated slurry is then standardized to provide a known concentration of the psychoactive alkaloids that have been extracted. The standardized slurry may then be dried to result in a powdered psilocybin mushroom extract with a precisely defined purity.

The invention relates to an extract of flowers, preferably calyxes, from kapok trees, in particular Bombax costatum, to a process for preparing same and to the extract obtainable by said process. The invention also relates to a composition comprising such an extract, the composition being advantageously a cosmetic, pharmaceutical or dermatological composition. The invention also relates to such a composition or such an extract for use in preventing or treating disorders or diseases of the skin, the mucous membranes or keratinous appendages and for use in preventing or treating vascular disorders. The invention finally relates to a cosmetic care process for the skin, the keratinous appendages or the mucous membranes, with a view to improving the condition thereof or the appearance thereof, which process consists in administering such a composition or such an extract.

An açai berry seed extract (açai palm fruit, Euterpe oleracea) and a process for obtaining the seed extract is provided which has an effect in the treatment of diseases or disorders individually or jointly related to the metabolic syndrome. A process is also provided for obtaining an açai berry seed extract or a fraction thereof, and a pharmaceutical and a food composition is provided for treating diseases or disorders individually or jointly related to the metabolic syndrome. A method for treating diseases or disorders individually or jointly associated with metabolic syndrome in humans or animals is also provided.

Provided is a composition for preventing or treating obesity including a mixed extract of Cinnamomi twigs, and more particularly, a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating obesity including a mixed extract of Cinnamomi twigs and Moutan root bark, a health functional food composition of feed composition for preventing or alleviating obesity including the composition, and a method of preventing or treating obesity including administering the pharmaceutical composition to an individual having obesity or a risk of developing obesity. The mixed extract of Cinnamomi twigs and Moutan root bark may inhibit fat absorption in the intestinal tract and increases in body weight causing obesity by single-dose administration, reduce lipid content in the blood, decrease weight and size of adipocytes, effectively inhibit accumulation of fat in liver tissue, and inhibit diarrhea, a serious side effect of Xenical™, by long-term administration.

Disclosed is a composition for use in preventing, alleviating, or treating psoriasis containing cimicifugolide A as an active ingredient.

A method of increasing CBN content in a Cannabinoid oil includes processing plant parts from one or more cannabis plants to create processed plant parts, extracting a Cannabinoid oil from the processed plant parts, and refining the Cannabinoid oil to increase CBN content.

The present invention relates to a composition comprising a bilberry extract as an active ingredient for preventing or treating sensorineural hearing impairment. The bilberry extract was found to exhibit effects of inhibiting the apoptosis of auditory cells in which sensorineural damage has been induced by neomycin and increasing a reduced number of hair cells in juvenile zebra fishes such that the composition comprising the bilberry extract as an active ingredient can be provided as a pharmaceutical composition and a health food for preventing or treating various hearing impairments induced by sensorineural damage.

The invention provides a fenugreek extract composition containing at least one of diosgenin, gitogenin, sarsasapogenin, dioscin, protodioscin, pseudoprotodioscin, apigenin or a derivative thereof, luteolin or a derivative thereof, nicotinic acid or a derivative thereof, and kaempferol, or a salt or solvate of any one thereof. Also provided are processes of preparing the extract composition, and nutraceutical and pharmaceutical compositions containing the extract composition.