The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition and a health
food composition for the prevention and treatment of immune- and
autoimmune diseases such as septic shock, hemorrhagic shock, rheumatoid
arthritis, osteoarthritis, inflammatory bowel disease and multiple
sclerosis, and metabolic diseases such as arteriosclerosis and type II
diabetes, and an inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) inhibitor
composition containing theopederin derivatives as an active ingredient.
The composition of the present invention can be effective in the
prevention and treatment of immune diseases and metabolic diseases by
inhibiting the excessive generation of NO by inhibiting the activity of
iNOS.