Purified extract of uvaria brevistipitata and a process for obtaining the purified extract therefor
First Claim
1. The substantially purified extract of a plant root from the family Annonaceae and the genus Uvaria wherein the species is brevistipitata.
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Abstract
In HIV infected individuals, certain clinical and biological markers are used to assess the progression or regression of the disease. From the plant, Uvaria bevistipitata of the Annonaceae family, a substantially pure extract was derived. This extract was administered to 268 HIV infected patients in a clinical trail in Zaire Africa and dramatic results were obtained. The extract was also submitted to a laboratory for in vitro analysis. when tested against the HIV reverse transcriptase enzyme, the extract tested 96.7% active. In further laboratory analysis, against HIV-IIB, it demonstrated efficacy at doses that showed no cytotoxic effects.
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1. The substantially purified extract of a plant root from the family Annonaceae and the genus Uvaria wherein the species is brevistipitata.
- 2. A method for the treatment of AIDS comprising administering to a patient in need thereof a substantially pure root extract taken from the plant family Annonaceae and the genus Uvaria in an amount effective to promote remission of said AIDS, in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier therefor.
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4. A method for treating immunodeficiency diseases including HIV, Hepatitis A and B, Herpes Simplex Viruses, and Lupus, comprising administering to a patient in need thereof an effective amount of a substantially pure root extract of a plant from the family Annonaceae and the species Uvaria brevistipitata comprising the steps of:
providing a substantially purified Annonaceae root extract from the species Uvaria brevistipitata. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
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7. A process for obtaining substantially pure root extract plant from the family Annonaceae and the genus Uvaria comprising the steps of:
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providing a quantity of root from an Annonaceae plant, genus Uvaria; grinding a quantity of root from a Uvaria brevistipitata Plant; boiling said quantity of root in distilled water to make a solution; cooling said solution to form a total extract solution; adding a quantity of activated carbon to said total extract solution; filtering said total extract solution to form a total extract filtrate; distilling said total extract filtrate; mixing a quantity of methanol with said total extract filtrate to form a methanol/filtrate solution; filtering said methanol/filtrate solution to collect a purified root extract; collecting said purified root extract; and
,drying said root extract. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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