Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, comprising an Elaeocarpus petiolatus extract, a fraction thereof, or a compound isolated therefrom, as an active ingredient; a food composition for preventing or improving cardiovascular and metabolic diseases; and a method for preventing or treating cardiovascular and metabolic diseases using the same. The composition comprising an Elaeocarpus petiolatus extract, a fraction thereof, or a compound isolated therefrom inhibits the binding of Resistin-CAP1 to inhibit the production of tumor necrosis factor, and thereby has an activity of inhibiting inflammation of the cardiovascular system, and thus can be effectively used as a preventive or therapeutic measure for cardiovascular and metabolic diseases.

Abstract: A Maclura pubescens extract or fraction or a Prunus cerasoides extract or fraction having neuroglobin (Ngb) activation and neuroprotective effects and, on the basis thereof, a neuroprotective composition containing, as an active ingredient, a Maclura pubescens extract or fraction or a Prunus cerasoides extract or fraction. The neuroprotective composition can be used, through the activation of neuroglobin (Ngb), as a pharmaceutical composition or a food composition for treatment, alleviation and prevention of a stroke, a cerebral infarction, thrombosis, cerebral degenerative disease, vascular dementia, memory loss, short-term memory impairment, a concentration disorder, anxiety, nervousness and the like, and for brain damage protection, brain function improvement and cranial nerve cell protection.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating inflammatory diseases or asthma comprising a Lagerstroemia ovalifolia extract or a fraction thereof as an active ingredient, and a health functional food and a feed additive for preventing or improving inflammatory diseases or asthma comprising the extract or the fraction as an active ingredient.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating inflammatory diseases or asthma comprising a Lagerstroemia ovalifolia extract or a fraction thereof as an active ingredient, and a health functional food and a feed additive for preventing or improving inflammatory diseases or asthma comprising the extract or the fraction as an active ingredient.