Composition and methods for treating Alzheimer's disease and other amyloidoses
US6939570B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | May 15, 1998 |
| Grant date | Sep 6, 2005 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 15, 2018 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61P43/00
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A pharmaceutical agent for treating an amyloid disease such as Alzheimer's Disease that includes a therapeutically effective amount of an extract obtained from the inner bark or root tissue of a plant of the genus Uncaria, species tomentosa, wherein the weight percentage of plant extract in the agent is in the range of from about 70% to about 95%.
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