The present invention relates to a composition for relieving a hangover or a composition for preventing, alleviating or treating alcoholic liver disease, comprising a β-glucan as an active ingredient.

The present invention relates to a composition, and methods of using the composition, for minimizing the harmful effects associated with alcohol consumption. The composition includes a plurality of ingredients, which when combined, have the unexpected effect of increasing one or more metabolic pathways in the individual. As the metabolic rate is increased, alcohol is burned off, or utilized as energy source, and occurs at a considerably much faster rate than under normal physiological means. It is believed that the composition may have an effect on the brain causing it to increase metabolic rates, By administering the composition to an inebriated individual, the rate at which a person sobers up, occurs at a faster rate than would occur under normal physiological time frames.

The present invention relates to a composition, and methods of using the composition, for minimizing the harmful effects associated with alcohol consumption. The composition includes a plurality of ingredients, which when combined, have the unexpected effect of increasing one or more metabolic pathways in the individual. As the metabolic rate is increased, alcohol is burned off, or utilized as energy source, and occurs at a considerably much faster rate than under normal physiological means. It is believed that the composition may have an effect on the brain causing it to increase metabolic rates, By administering the composition to an inebriated individual, the rate at which a person sobers up, occurs at a faster rate than would occur under normal physiological time frames.

Disclosed is a composition containing a licorice extract comprising glycyrrhizin and liquiritin at a content ratio of 1.5 to 1.8:1, obtained by performing extraction on licorice, adding an excipient and performing spray drying. The composition containing the licorice extract can be efficiently used as a pharmaceutical composition for the prevention or treatment of liver disease or a food composition for the improvement of liver function in the pharmaceutical and food industry fields.

Disclosed is a composition containing a licorice extract comprising glycyrrhizin and liquiritin at a content ratio of 1.5 to 1.8:1, obtained by performing extraction on licorice, adding an excipient and performing spray drying. The composition containing the licorice extract can be efficiently used as a pharmaceutical composition for the prevention or treatment of liver disease or a food composition for the improvement of liver function in the pharmaceutical and food industry fields.

Provided is a composition for relieving a hangover including as its active ingredients Corylus heterophylla Fisher nut extract, Alnus japonica Steud. stem extract and Sorbus commixta fruit extract. It is verified the composition for relieving a hangover according to the present disclosure reduces blood alcohol concentration more significantly than the composition for relieving a hangover including as its active ingredients Alnus japonica Steud. extract and Sorbus commixta extract as disclosed in Korean Patent Registration No. 181168 in in vivo tests (including animal testing and human experiment) and that has effects of considerably alleviating various hangover symptoms.

The present invention provides beverages and pharmaceutical compositions containing a deuterated alcohol according to Formula 1, and provides methods for their manufacture and use.

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The compositions of the invention are expected to ameliorate some of the negative side effects associated with the consumption of alcohol, such as hangover and facial flushing.

The present invention provides beverages and pharmaceutical compositions containing a deuterated alcohol according to Formula 1, and provides methods for their manufacture and use.

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The compositions of the invention are expected to ameliorate some of the negative side effects associated with the consumption of alcohol, such as hangover and facial flushing.

A drink composition for preventing alcohol-induced liver damage, which is effective for hangover relief and which contains 2 to 4 wt % of black ginseng, 4 to 7 wt % of blueberry, 0.3 to 1 wt % of dry yeast, 0.5 to 1.5 wt % of jujube pulp, and 2 to 4 wt % of oriental raisin tree fruit and is produced by hot-water extraction using the remaining wt % of purified water. The composition has a liver damage suppressing effect, reduces hepatitis activity index, and thus may be used as a composition capable of preventing or treating various liver diseases. Furthermore, it has very excellent effects on alcohol degradation and acetaldehyde degradation, alleviates headache and vomiting symptoms the next day after drinking, and thus is also very useful as a composition for liver protection or hangover relief, which is taken before and after alcohol drinking.

A drink composition for preventing alcohol-induced liver damage, which is effective for hangover relief and which contains 2 to 4 wt % of black ginseng, 4 to 7 wt % of blueberry, 0.3 to 1 wt % of dry yeast, 0.5 to 1.5 wt % of jujube pulp, and 2 to 4 wt % of oriental raisin tree fruit and is produced by hot-water extraction using the remaining wt % of purified water. The composition has a liver damage suppressing effect, reduces hepatitis activity index, and thus may be used as a composition capable of preventing or treating various liver diseases. Furthermore, it has very excellent effects on alcohol degradation and acetaldehyde degradation, alleviates headache and vomiting symptoms the next day after drinking, and thus is also very useful as a composition for liver protection or hangover relief, which is taken before and after alcohol drinking.