KR20110139548A - Composition having eleutherococcus senticosus for treating hangover and improving liver function, and the preparation method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A food composition containing crude drug extract of Eleutherococcus senticosus and mistletoe is provided to suppress inflammation and to enhance antioxidation and liver function. CONSTITUTION: A food composition for preventing hangover contains crude drug extract of 15-30 weight parts of mistletoe, 20-40 weight parts of Eleutherococcus senticosus, 20-40 weight parts of Lycii Fructus, and Puerariae Radix as an active ingredient. The food composition additionally contains one or more selected from the group consisting of Glycyrrhizae radix, jujube, Zingiberis Rhizoma crudus, and Longanae Arillus.

Description

Herbal composition for relieving hangovers and improving liver function, and method for manufacturing the same, and method for manufacturing hangovers and its production {{COMPOSITION HAVING ELEUTHEROCOCCU

The present invention relates to a food composition for preventing and resolving hangover, which comprises extracts of spiny bark, mistletoe, goji berry and brown root as active ingredients.

Alcohol is mainly absorbed from the stomach and small intestine and transported to the liver for metabolism. Up to one-third of the absorbed alcohol is digested by alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) in the stomach to minimize the absorption of alcohol through the blood. About 90% of the alcohol reached by the liver is oxidized to acetaldehyde by ADH and then to acetic acid by acetaldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH). The remaining about 10% of alcohol is metabolized to acetaldehyde by catalase. Acetaldehyde, the primary metabolite of alcohol, is a highly reactive compound, which increases its toxicity and necrosis, changes in microvessels, changes in the structure and function of hepatocellular mitochondria, and lipid peroxidation by reacting with various other substances in the body. Let's do it. In other words, acetaldehyde induces an immune response by producing acetaldehyde-protein adducts, causing liver damage. Acetaldehyde is also involved in hepatotoxicity by producing lipid peroxides. In addition, chronic alcohol intake increases the concentration of triglyceride (TG) in the blood by inhibiting the oxidation of fatty acids, thus the liver proceeds to fatty liver. In addition, metabolic abnormalities of methionine (methionine) caused by inhibiting the production of antioxidant glutathione (glutathione) is suppressed. Free radicals produced during alcohol metabolism are mainly removed by antioxidant enzymes such as catalase, superoxide dismutase (SOD) and glutathione peroxidase. When the production of free oxygen residues exceeds the antioxidant defense mechanism, it causes liver damage, that is, apoptosis or necrosis of liver cells. Inflammation in alcoholic liver disease also results in the production of inflammatory cytokines such as TNF-a, TGF-b, IL-1, and IL-6 from Kuper cells, which induce the deposition of collagen in hepatocytes, leading to fibrosis of liver cells. Will promote.

Acetaldehyde, which is an essential part of the metabolism of ingested alcohol, causes the biggest cause of acute alcohol hangover, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, thirst, lethargy, and muscle aches, causing socioeconomic loss due to poor working ability of the general public. do.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a composition for preventing and eliminating hangovers.

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a food composition for preventing and resolving hangover comprising extracts of herbal raw materials, including thorns, mistletoe, goji berry and brown root as an active ingredient.

In another aspect, the present invention provides a food composition for preventing and resolving hangover, which comprises extracts of herbal medicines including thorny skin, mistletoe, goji berry, brown root, licorice, jujube, ginger and longan meat as an active ingredient.

The food composition of the present invention increases the rate of alcohol degradation, inhibits inflammation, has antioxidant activity and liver function enhancing activity, and has a remarkable effect on preventing and eliminating hangovers.

Figure 1 shows the blood alcohol concentration resolution over time of the extract of the present invention.
Figure 2 shows the acetaldehyde degradation in the blood according to the concentration of the extract of the present invention.
Figure 3 shows the gastric bleeding inhibitory effect of the extract of the present invention.
Figure 4 shows the ability to inhibit the production of inflammatory components of the extract of the present invention.
Figure 5 shows the capillary permeation inhibition of the extract of the present invention.
Figure 6 shows the effect of the extract of the present invention on alcohol metabolic enzyme activity.

The present invention provides a food composition for preventing and resolving hangover, which comprises an extract of a raw material of herbal medicine including Eleutherococcus senticosus, mistletoe, goji berry and brown root as an active ingredient.

In another aspect, the present invention provides a food composition for preventing and resolving hangover, which comprises extracts of herbal medicines including thorny skin, mistletoe, goji berry, brown root, licorice, jujube, ginger and longan meat as an active ingredient.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described.

The extract of the present invention is a hydrothermal extract or a lower alcohol extract having 4 or less carbon atoms.

In addition, the composition of the present invention may further include vitamins, minerals, lactose, dextrose, starch, sucrose or mixtures thereof as a prosthetic agent.

The barb of the present invention is preferably 20 to 40 parts by weight, preferably 30 to 40 parts by weight based on the herbal medicine.

Mistletoe of the present invention is preferably 15 to 30 parts by weight, preferably 20 to 30 parts by weight with respect to the herbal raw material.

The wolfberry of the present invention is preferably 20 to 40 parts by weight, preferably 30 to 40 parts by weight based on the raw material of the herbal medicine.

The root of the present invention is preferably 10 to 30 parts by weight, preferably 10 to 20 parts by weight, based on the herbal raw material.

The total amount of licorice, jujube, ginger and longan meat of the present invention is preferably 10 to 25 parts by weight, preferably 10 to 20 parts by weight based on the raw material of the herbal medicine.

The extract of the present invention may be prepared by extracting and then mixing the herbal raw materials of the thorny oak, mistletoe, wolfberry, brown root, licorice, jujube, ginger, and longan meat, respectively, or may be combined to extract all of the raw materials.

The food composition of the present invention includes, but is not limited to, dietary supplements, health functional foods, functional foods, and the like, but also includes adding the extract of the herbal medicine raw material of the present invention to natural foods, processed foods, and general food materials as an active ingredient. do.

The food composition comprising the extract of the present invention as an active ingredient, may be added as it is or used in conjunction with other food or food compositions, it may be appropriately used in accordance with conventional methods. The mixed amount of the active ingredient can be suitably determined depending on the purpose of use (prevention or elimination of hangover). In general, the food composition of the present invention may be added in the amount of 0.01 to 70.00% by weight, preferably 0.01 to 30.00% by weight based on the final food or beverage in the preparation of the food or beverage, more preferably 0.01 to It may be added in an amount of 10.00% by weight.

 There is no particular limitation on the kind of food. The food composition may be used in the form of oral preparations, such as tablets, hard or soft capsules, solutions, suspensions, etc., these preparations are acceptable carriers, for example, in the case of oral preparations, excipients, Binders, disintegrants, lubricants, solubilizers, suspending agents, preservatives, extenders, and the like may be used.

Examples of the food to which the extract can be added include meat, sausage, bread, chocolate, candy, snacks, confectionery, pizza, ramen, dairy products including other noodles, gums, ice cream, various soups, drinks, tea, drink, Alcoholic beverages and vitamin complexes, but are not limited to these types of foods.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail by the following examples and experimental examples. However, the following examples and experimental examples are intended to illustrate the contents of the present invention, but the scope of the invention is not limited by the examples and the experimental examples.

<Examples 1 to 14>

The herbal ingredients of Table 1 were carefully selected and washed to remove foreign substances, and then 20 times purified water was added thereto, followed by extraction at 100 ° C. for 5 hours to prepare extracts having a concentration of 100 mg / ml (Examples 1 to 14).

Experimental Example One 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Go away ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ mistletoe ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Wolfberry
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Ingredients: Licorice, jujube, ginger, dragon meat

Experimental Example 1

Acute alcohol degradation was measured using the extracts of Examples 1 to 14.

In order to eliminate the difference between alcohol absorption and degradation by diet, mice (ICR, male, 25 g) were fasted for 5 hours, and 5 mice of each group were treated with 4 mg of the extract of Experimental Examples 1 to 11 and 0.2 ml of distilled water as a control. Were orally administered to 25 g of mice each. One hour after administration, 12.5 ml of alcohol (99.9%) per Kg of mouse body was administered orally. Serum was recovered (3000 X g / 10 min) after cardiac bleeding to collect blood 4 hours after alcohol administration. Serum alcohol concentration was measured by measuring the absorbance at 540 nm using a Quantichrom Ethanol measurement kit (Roche, Hayward, CA), and substituting the experimental results into a standard curve obtained by analyzing standard alcohol samples in the kit. The content of alcohol was measured.

As a result, the serum alcohol content after 4 hours of alcohol administration was the highest in Example 9, which was administered with extracts of spiny skin, mistletoe, goji berry and brown root, and in Example 14, which was added to the herbal raw materials by adding licorice, jujube, ginger, and dragon meat. It was found to be low (Table 2).

Example Control group One 2 3 4 5 6 Alcohol content 0.386 0.296 0.301 0.315 0.332 0.308 0.289 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 0.278 0.281 0.261 0.275 0.271 0.312 0.285 0.258

Alcohol content: Serum alcohol content (%)

<Example 15>

About the herbal raw material, the herbal raw material which consists of 40 weight part of thorns, 30 weight part of mistletoe, 40 weight part of wolfberry, 20 weight part of brown root, and 20 weight part of licorice, jujube, ginger, longan meat was prepared.

After removing the foreign matter by washing, 20 times purified water was added to the raw material and concentrated to 10 times the volume while extracting at 100 ℃ for 5 hours. Therefore, the concentration of the extract of the present invention was 100 mg / ml, and various experiments were performed using the following.

Experimental Example 2 Measurement of Acute Alcohol Resolution

To eliminate the difference in alcohol uptake and degradation by diet, mice (ICR, male, 25 g) were fasted for 5 hours, and 5 mice of each group were treated with 20 mg and 4 mg / 25 g of the extract of Example 15 and a control group. 0.125 ml of commercial A company's morning care was mixed with 0.075 ml of distilled water, and a total volume of 0.2 ml was orally administered to 25 g of mice. One hour after administration, 12.5 ml of alcohol (99.9%) per Kg of mouse body was administered orally. Serum was recovered (3000 × g / 10 min) after cardiac bleeding to collect blood 2 and 6 hours after alcohol administration. Serum alcohol concentration was measured by measuring the absorbance at 540 nm using a Quantichrom Ethanol kit (Roche, Hayward, Calif.), And substituting the experimental results into a standard curve obtained by analyzing standard alcohol samples in the kit. The content of alcohol was measured. Experimental results showed the best alcohol degrading power in the group administered 4 mg (160 mg / kg) per 25 g of mice (Figure 1) (Table 3).

Experimental group Serum Alcohol Content (%) 2 hours later 5 hours later Alcohol dose control 0.482 ± 0.045 0.270 ± 0.021 Company A 0.389 ± 0.029 0.226 ± 0.021 Invention 20 mg / 25 g 0.340 ± 0.026 0.208 ± 0.021 Invention 4 mg / 25 g 0.295 ± 0.031 0.184 ± 0.019

Experimental Example 3 Blood Content of Acetaldehyde by Alcohol Intake

Acetaldehyde, the primary metabolite of alcohol, is the main cause of hangover. Therefore, the concentration of acetaldehyde in blood was measured to measure the hangover improvement effect of the composition of the present invention. Based on the results of Experiment 2, the extract of Example 15 was adjusted to various concentrations, and after 2 hours of alcohol administration (12.5 ml / Kg), serum was separated from the mice after serum, and acetaldehyde F-Kit (Roche, Hayward, Colorimetric measurement was performed using the manufacturer's instructions. Acetaldehyde, a highly reactive compound, is known to induce an immune response by binding a major component of the body to a protein and to induce hepatitis and cirrhosis by inhibiting the function of mitochondria. In addition, acetaldehyde is known as a major cause of hangover, such as acetaldehyde in the blood to move to the brain has a harmful effect. Therefore, as a result of examining the effect on the production of acetaldehyde by alcohol administration of the present invention, the administration of 0.8-20 mg / mouse of the present invention composition has a function of significantly inhibiting acetaldehyde in the blood, which is effective in improving hangover Was considered to be.

Experimental Example 4 Inhibition of Gastric Hemorrhage by Alcohol Intake

One hour after 4 mg / mouse of the extract of the present invention was administered to the mouse under the same conditions as in Experimental Example 2, the mouse was sacrificed by cervical distal bone method, and the stomach was excised to remove the stomach tissue. The extracted gastric tissue was fixed with tissue using 3% formalin, and then the degree of gastric injury was observed. As a result, the degree of damage of the gastric mucosa and duodenum of the morning care administration group and the administration group of the present invention 4 mg / mouse of the positive control group was confirmed to be significantly lower than the alcohol control group (Fig. 3).

The photographic results of are presented in the figure (FIG. 3). This phenomenon shows the protective effect of the gastric mucosa and duodenum of the extract of the present invention, seems to have an activity that significantly inhibits the pain of the gastrointestinal tract caused by alcohol.

Experimental Example 5 Effect on Inhibition of Inflammatory Components from Peritoneal Cells

Inflammation is induced by the expansion of blood vessels by irritants. Since the induction of inflammation is nourishment of various inflammatory cytokines, in this experimental example, the effects of the composition of the present invention on the production of inflammatory cytokines and nitric oxides (NO), which are produced from macrophages in mice, are produced. It was verified. Macrophage collection from peritoneal exudative cells (PECs) of mice was performed by injecting thioglycollate into the abdominal cavity of 6-week-old BALB / c mice to recover the cells and then attaching them to the cell culture plate. Was used as macrophages. LPS (lipopolysaccharide) was added to macrophages to adjust the final concentration to 0.5 μg / mL to produce inflammatory cytokines. In order to measure the inhibitory effect of the inflammatory cytokine production of the composition of the present invention, immediately after LPS treatment, the final concentration was adjusted to 15.6-1000 ug / ml, and the present composition was added and co-cultured for 24 hours. After completion of the culture, the culture supernatant was collected by centrifugation, and the amount of TNF-α, an inflammatory cytokine induced in the culture supernatant, was measured according to the manufacturer's instructions using each ELISA kit (Pharmingen, CA, USA). It was. Experimental results The composition of the present invention had the effect of inhibiting the production of inflammatory cytokines produced by LPS (Fig. 4).

Nitric oxide (NO) content was measured using the Griess reaction, a stable NO oxide NO ₂ (nitrite). That is, in the same manner as the inflammatory cytokine analysis, macrophages were added with LPS, an inflammatory-inducing substance, and the present composition, and the amount of NO produced in the culture supernatant was measured after 24 hours of incubation. To determine the amount of NO, 0.1 ml of macrophage culture supernatant was added to a 96 well plate, and Griess reagent (0.1% N-1-naphthyl-ethylenediamine / H ₂ O (N-1-naphthyl-ethylendiamine / H ₂ O): 1% sulfanilamide / 5% H ₃ PO ₄ = 1: 1) was added in the same amount, and reacted for 10 minutes, and the absorbance was measured at 570 nm with a microplate reader. The concentration of nitrite was expressed by comparison with a standard curve obtained using sodium nitrite. Experimental results showed that the composition of the present invention significantly inhibits the production of nitric oxide induced by LPS, and has an excellent effect on anti-inflammatory and antioxidant activity (FIG. 4).

Experimental Example 6 Capillary Permeation Inhibition

Inhibition of capillary permeation of blood by the composition of the present invention was measured by modifying the Whittle method (Whittle, 1964). That is, ICR mice were injected intraperitoneally with the present composition (0.8, 4, and 20 mg in 25 g of body weight, respectively), and after 30 minutes, 0.7% acetic acid diluted in physiological saline was prepared per kg body weight. 10 ml was injected intraperitoneally. After 30 minutes, 4% pontamine sky blue prepared by dissolving in physiological saline was injected intravenously into the tail vein at a dose of 0.1 ml, and after 30 minutes, the animals were killed by cervical dislocation. Thereafter, 5 ml of physiological saline was added to the abdominal cavity and the abdomen was gently shaken. Then, pontamine sky blue penetrated from the blood vessel and exuded into the abdominal cavity was taken. The amount of pontamin sky blue exuded into the abdominal cavity was compared with the control group by measuring the absorbance at 590 nm using an ultraviolet / visible spectrophotometer. As a result of the experiment, the composition of the present invention was found to have a function of inhibiting inflammation by significantly inhibiting the permeation of blood components flowing into the intestinal membrane by concentration-dependently inhibiting expansion of blood vessels by acetic acid (FIG. 5).

Experimental Example 7 Measurement of Alcohol Metabolizing Enzyme Activity in Liver Tissue

The mice were orally administered to the mice by the method of Example 1, and alcohol was administered 1 hour later. After 12 hours of alcohol administration, 1 g of liver tissue was taken from the mouse, and then placed in 4 ml of a solution containing 0.25 M sucrose, 5 mM Tris, and 0.5 mM EDTA (ph7.2). / 15 minutes) to recover the supernatant and precipitate. First, the supernatant was recovered for the measurement of alcohol dehydrogenase, and the supernatant was again centrifuged at 12,000 g (4 ° C./15 minutes), and then the supernatant was centrifuged at 100,000 g (4 ° C./1 hour) to the supernatant cytosol. Was taken and stored at −70 ° C. until analysis. The activity of alcohol dehydrogenase (ADH) was set as an index of NADH production rate at 340 nm according to Bergmeyer's method (Bergmeyer et al., 1974, Academic Press, New York. Vol 2, p428-429). ADH activity was expressed as a comparative value with 100% of the liver of alcohol-administered mice. Second, the pellets were washed twice with sucrose buffer to measure aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) activity, suspended in 1.15% KCl solution twice the weight of liver components, and then 1 ml per 1 g of liver weight obtained. The supernatant obtained by centrifugation at 50,000 rpm for 1 hour with 0.3% sodium deoxychoerate was used as a source of mitochondrial ALDH enzyme. ALDH activity was measured according to the Tottmar method (Tattmar et al. 1973. Biochem J 135: 577-586). Experimental results The administration of 4 mg / mouse of the present invention resulted in improved ADH (153.5%) and ADHL (176.8%) compared to the alcohol control. From these results, it was confirmed that the present invention has the activity of enhancing the activity of two enzymes directly related to alcohol metabolism (FIG. 6).

Hangover preventive and remedy food composition comprising extracts of herbal ingredients including thorns, mistletoe, goji berry and brown root as an active ingredient not only reduces blood alcohol and acetaldehyde content, but also reduces gastric bleeding and inflammation. It seems to have a great effect on resolution.

Claims (5)

Hangover prevention, hangover prevention and hangover food composition comprising as an active ingredient extracts of herbal medicines, including goose skin, mistletoe, wolfberry and root.
The method of claim 1,
The thorn cover is a food composition for preventing and eliminating hangover, characterized in that 20 to 40 parts by weight based on the raw material of the herbal medicine.
The method of claim 1,
The mistletoe is a hangover prevention and remedy food composition, characterized in that 15 to 30 parts by weight with respect to the herbal raw material.
The method of claim 1,
The wolfberry is a hangover prevention and remedy food composition, characterized in that 20 to 40 parts by weight based on the raw material of the herbal medicine.
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4,
The herbal raw material is a food composition for preventing and eliminating hangover, characterized in that it further comprises one or more selected from the group consisting of licorice, jujube, ginger and longan meat.

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