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Process for producing interferon inducers

US4421746A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 28, 1982
Grant dateDec 20, 1983
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Expiry dateJun 28, 2002

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  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61K36/428
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An interferon inducer is produced by extracting a tissue of a plant belonging to the Gound family selected from the group consisting of Benincasa, Cucurbita, Citrullus, Cucumia, Lagenaria, Luffa, Mormordica, Tricsanthes and their variants by water extraction at a temperature of from ambient to the boiling point of the extraction mixture, forming a supernatant from the extracted solution, fractionating the supernatant to yield fractions containing the interferon inducer and recovering same.

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