Composition comprising an extract of hardy kiwi for preventing or treating baldness disorders or seborrheic skin disorders

Abstract

Provided is a use of a crude extract, non-polar solvent soluble extract or purified extract of the hardy kiwifruit for the preparation of therapeutic agent for treating and preventing baldness disorder and seborrheic skin disease in human and mammal, and health care food, food additives, feed additives, cosmetic composition comprising the same. The hardy kiwifruit reduced blood DHT level, promoted the formation of hair root in mouse model experiment, and inhibited the falling out of hair and improved seborrheic skin disease of volunteers such as keratigenous skin, seborrhea etc.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method for treating or improving seborrheic skin disease or stimulating hair growth comprising administering an effective amount of a lower alcohol extract of  Actinidia arguta  fruit to a mammal in need thereof. 
     
     
         2 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein said extract is administered in a form of a pharmaceutical composition which comprises said extract in an amount ranging from 0.01 to 50% by weight based on the total weight of the formulation and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the mammal is human. 
     
     
         4 . The method according to  claim 1 , which comprises orally administering a composition comprising the effective amount of said extract of  Actinidia arguta  fruit. 
     
     
         5 . The method according to  claim 1 , which comprises topically applying a composition comprising the effective amount of said extract of  Actinidia arguta  fruit to the surface area which is in need of the treatment, of the mammal.