Method for producing dry extracts
AssigneeBionorica AG
InventorMichael Popp
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for producing dry extracts of plants and to pharmaceutical preparations containing the same, more particularly phytopharmaceuticals, which contain at least one ethanolic/aqueous extract of a plant (drug), the plants being selected from the group consisting of: Rumicis herba; Verbena officinalis; Sambucus nigra; Primula veris; and Gentiana lutea and mixtures thereof. The invention further relates to a pharmaceutical for treating inflammatory and/or infectious diseases of the nose and throat area and/or the nasal sinuses, as well as the use thereof.
Claims20
A method for producing dry plant extracts, said method comprising the following steps:
- a) alcoholic/aqueous extraction of Rumicis herba, Verbena officinalis, Sambucus nigra, Primula veris and Gentiana lutea plants with an aqueous/alcoholic extraction agent;
- b) separation of the supernatant;
- c) aqueous extraction of the residue;
- d) separation of the supernatant;
- e) combining the supernatants obtained from steps b.) and d.);
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- f) drying of the supernatants and provision of the dry plant extract.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.