Abstract: The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating Hepatitis C, comprising the roots extract of Platycodon grandiflorum and/or saponin components in Platycodon grandiflorum useful as an antiviral agent. The composition of the present invention has no harm to human and inhibits the proliferation of Hepatitis C virus, so that it can be effectively used as a preventive or therapeutic agent for Hepatitis C.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 21, 2010
Publication date:
November 10, 2011
Applicant:
B&C Biopharm Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Jong Woo Kim, Sang Wook Lee, Sang Jin Park, Jung Cheul Shin, Jae Won Yang, Jong Hwan Lim