Pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating angioedema, containing extract of peony root or mixture of peony root and licorice as active ingredient
The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating angioedema, containing as an active ingredient a peony root extract or an extract of a mixture of peony root and licorice. In particular, the extract of a mixture of peony root and licorice according to the present invention inhibits the excessive generation of advanced glycation end products, which may cause macular degeneration, inhibits blood-retinal barrier breakdown causing retinal edema in various animal models, protects or treats a subretinal region causing dry macular degeneration, inhibits angiogenesis causing wet macular degeneration, and thus can be usefully used as an active ingredient for the composition for preventing and treating angioedema including macular degeneration, macular edema, retinal edema, or varicose veins.
Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine
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Bo-Jeong Chan-Sik Junghyun Young Sook Seung-Hyun Jin Sook Eunjin Sojin Yun Mi Dong Ho Ik Soo
Pyun Kim Kim Kim Jung Kim Shon Choi Lee Jung Lee