Method of treating inflammatory diseases with labdan derivatives

US4724238A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Hoechst GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Alihussein N. Dohadwalla · Yellandu, IN
• Sadashiv S. Mandrekar · Yellandu, IN
• Nandkumar K. Dadkar · Yellandu, IN
• Yatendra Khandelwal · Yellandu, IN
• Richard H. Rupp · Königstein, DE
• Noel De Souza · Mumbai, IN

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 3, 1986
• Grant date: Feb 9, 1988
• Expiry date: Apr 3, 2006

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61P29/00
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to a process for the isolation of labdan derivatives from the plant Coleus forskohlii, and their use as medicaments having anti-inflammatory and analgesic activity.