Gochang Food Industry Research Institute Files Patent for Bokbunja Extract-Based Technology to Improve Women's Disorders

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The Gochang Food Industry Research Institute announced on the 3rd that it has applied for a patent on a technology that uses extracts of Gochang County's specialty resource, bokbunja (Korean black raspberry), to improve female hormone imbalance disorders, a common concern among women.

This research is the result of the commissioned project titled "Study on the Functional Properties of Gochang Bokbunja for Women's Health," which was carried out at the request of Gochang County. It covers a "composition for the prevention, improvement, or treatment of female hormone imbalance disorders comprising bokbunja extract as an active ingredient."

The institute has been conducting related research to secure scientific evidence for the functional properties of this regional specialty resource, at a time when social interest in female hormone imbalance disorders is growing because they can cause both hormonal and metabolic problems.

According to the patent details, when bokbunja extract was administered to experimental animals showing symptoms of female hormone imbalance disorders, the hormone ratio (LH/FSH) that had been interfering with ovulation was normalized, and the excessively elevated concentration of the male hormone testosterone was significantly reduced.

Therefore, the study provided scientific evidence that bokbunja can be used as a natural functional ingredient for the prevention and treatment of women's disorders.

In particular, this technology is significant in that it has laid the foundation for expanding bokbunja from a simple agricultural raw material into a functional ingredient in the field of women's health.

Park Saenggi, head of the institute, said, "This patent is an important achievement that broadens the scope of application of Gochang bokbunja into the field of women's health," adding, "We will contribute to revitalizing the local economy through further research and industrialization."

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