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US 2016/0317598 A2Published application
Composition for enhancing semen quality in a male subject
AssigneeNerthus Aps
InventorsIna Giversen, Henrik Jakobsen
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a composition comprising a dry preparation of Alpinia galanga (L.) Willd (Zingiberaceae) or Alpinia conchigera Griff and a plant extract comprising compounds with anti-oxidative activity, such as an extract of Punica granatum. Also disclosed herein is a method of improving semen quality by administering said composition to a male subject in need thereof.
Claims20
A composition comprising:
- i) a dry preparation I of Alpina galanga or Alpinia conchigera rhizomes comprising at least 2% 1′S-1′-acetoxychavicol acetate;
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- (ii) a plant extract II comprising compounds with anti-oxidative activity obtainable from a plant selected from the group consisting of Punica granatum, Terminalia catappa, Terminalia citrina, Terminalia macroptera, Terminalia myriocarpa, Terminalia oblongata, Lumnitzera racemosa, Rosa rugosa, Rosa canina, Aronia melanocarpa, Aronia prunifolia, Aronia mitschurinii, Euterpe oleracea, Vaccinium sp., Lycium barbarum, and Lycium chinense.
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