Anthostema senegalense-based composition for use as an anti-AIDS drug
AssigneeLaboratoire Michel Iderne
InventorAliou Mamadou Balde
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Abstract
A pharmaceutical composition based on Anthostema senegalense is used as a drug in the treatment of HIV infection, AIDS and accompanying clinical manifestations. The composition can be used as an antiretroviral drug against HIV type 1 or HIV type 2. The composition includes polar and/or apolar plant extract of Anthostema senegalense, preferable obtained from the stem bark of Anthostema senegalense. The composition is preferably formulated in the form of microspheres produced using an extrusion and spheronization method, and then grouped together in capsules.
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A pharmaceutical composition for treatment of infection with Human Immunodeficiency Virus, comprising:
- a plant extract of Anthostema senegalense,
- wherein the plant extract of Anthostema senegalense is an extract obtained by extracting dried stem bark of Anthostema senegalense with dichloromethane,
- wherein the pharmaceutical composition is formulated to contain an effective amount of the plant extract of Anthostema senegalense for treatment of at least one selected from the group consisting of infection with Human Immunodeficiency Virus, AIDS, and accompanying clinical manifestations thereof,
- wherein the plant extract of Anthostema senegalense is in the galenic form of microspheres produced by an extrusion and spheronization method.
A method of treatment of a patient infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus, AIDS, comprising:
- administering a pharmaceutical composition to a patient infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus in need of such treatment,
- wherein the pharmaceutical composition comprises a plant extract of Anthostema senegalense, wherein the plant extract of Anthostema senegalense is an extract obtained by extracting dried stern bark of Anthostema senegalense with dichloromethane,
- wherein the pharmaceutical composition is formulated to contain an effective amount of the plant extract of Anthostema senegalense so as to alleviate at least one selected from the group consisting of the infection, AIDS, and an accompanying clinical manifestation thereof.
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