Abstract: Lithium secondary batteries are disclosed. In an embodiment, a lithium secondary battery includes an anode including an anode active material that includes carbon-based active material particles including carbon, the carbon-based active material particles having a Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) specific surface area of 3.0 m2/g to 5.0 m2/g and an average particle diameter (D50) of 5?m to 7.5 ?m, a cathode facing the anode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte solution including a non-aqueous organic solvent that includes a propionate-based organic solvent including propionate and a lithium salt. A content of the propionate-based organic solvent relative to a total volume of the non-aqueous organic solvent is 55 vol % or more.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for prevention, improvement or treatment of metabolic syndrome comprising a complex of Indian gooseberry (amla) extract and barley sprout extract as an active ingredient. Specifically, the complex of Indian gooseberry extract and barley sprout extract reduces a body weight, blood sugar, insulin in blood and glycated hemoglobin in blood, and thereby it shows a synergistic effect in improvement of obesity or diabetes, and therefore it can be used as a pharmaceutical composition or health functional food for prevention or treatment of metabolic syndrome such as obesity and diabetes.