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Extracts of the Acanthospermum hispidum plant

US5256416A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Merck Patent GmbH · DE

Inventors

Klaus Eichmann · Glückstadt, DE
Manuel Modolell

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 15, 1991
Grant date	Oct 26, 1993
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 15, 2011

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61P37/00
WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to an aqueous extract of the Acanthospermum hispidum plant and its use as a medicament. The extract is effective as an immunomodulator, in the remedy of radiation sickness, in the prophylaxis and therapy of virus diseases and in the prophylaxis and therapy of retroviral diseases in mammals, and has an antitumor effect.

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