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Method of using aloe vera as a biological vehicle

US5708038A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 13, 1996
Grant dateJan 13, 1998
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Expiry dateJun 13, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61K47/46
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention provides a method for using Aloe vera as a biological vehicle for the delivery of drugs. In one embodiment Aloe vera is used as a biological vehicle to deliver the estrogen, .beta.-estradiol and the androgen, testosterone propionate. The present invention also provides a method of treating symptoms and diseases mediated by hormonal deficiencies or amenable to treatment by hormones using Aloe vera as a biological vehicle.

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