US 10,357,526 B2 · Compositions for the treatment of infections caused by mite Demodex spp

Abstract

The invention relates to compositions and kits for treating infections caused by the mite Demodex Spp, said compositions comprising essential oils selected from the group consisting of Eruca sativa oil, Zingiber officinale oil, and Alpinia officinarum oil and mixtures thereof incorporated into solvents and vehicles, and presented in a kit in the form of a solution, a suspension, an emulsion or a dispersion. The compositions are topically applied for the treatment of infections and disorders caused by Demodex Spp in humans.

Claims8

Dependent claims

An acaricidal composition for the treatment of infections and diseases caused by a mite that is a species of Demodex, which comprises a mixture of essential oils, wherein the oils are Eruca sativa mill oil, Zingiber officinale oil and Alpinia officinarum oil.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

15/647,201Filed 30 Dec 2014

Published

US 2018/0353560 A113 Dec 2018

Granted

23 Jul 2019

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification11 codes

A61K 36/31
Magnoliopsida: brassicaceae or Cruciferae , e.g. broccoli, cabbage or kohlrabi
A61K 9/0014
Galenical forms characterised by the site of application: skin, i.e. galenical aspects of topical compositions
A61K 36/9062
Zingiberaceae: alpinia, e.g. red ginger or galangal
A61K 36/9068
Zingiberaceae: zingiber, e.g. garden ginger

Compositions for the treatment of infections caused by mite Demodex spp

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Compositions for the treatment of infections caused by mite Demodex spp

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