Bioactive phytochemicals in Zizyphus and guarana
AssigneePhytoquest Limited
InventorRobert James Nash
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Abstract
Described are compositions comprising selected isolated 4-hydroxymethyl-prolines, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or derivatives thereof. Also described are novel 4-hydroxymethyl-N-methyl-prolines, together with processes for their preparation, compositions containing them, as well as their use as medicaments and pharmaceuticals. Also described are processes for producing a herbal medicine comprising the step of monitoring the quality of said herbal medicine by detecting the presence or absence or measuring the amount of one or more 4-hydroxymethyl-N-methyl-prolines in a sample of said herbal medicine.
Claims8
A method of treating bacterial or viral infection comprising administering an effective amount of a composition comprising an isolated 4-hydroxymethyl-proline selected from:
- or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or derivative thereof, in which R represents optionally substituted C1-6 alkyl, C1-6 alkenyl or C1-6 alkynyl, to a subject.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.