Scutellaria barbata extract for the treatment of cancer
AssigneeBionovo, Inc.
InventorIsaac Cohen
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Abstract
An extract of Scutellaria barbata D. Don is effective in the arrest of cancer cell growth in the G1 phase, the induction of apoptosis in cancer cells and the shrinking of solid cancers. The extract may be prepared as a pharmaceutical composition for administration to mammals for the treatment of solid cancers, such as epithelial cancers. Such epithelial cancers include breast cancer and ovarian cancers. The extract is obtained from Scutellaria barbata D. Don by contacting aerial portions of a plant from the species Scutellaria barbata D. Don with an aqueous or alcoholic solvent.
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A pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of an aqueous extract of Scutellaria barbata and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient.
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A method of treating breast cancer in a patient, comprising daily administering to the patient a water extract of aerial parts of Scutellaria barbata D. Don, wherein the patient has previously undergone at least one prior therapy for metastatic disease.
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