Use of preparations of curcuma plants
AssigneeSteigerwald Arzneimittelwerk GmbH
InventorsH. P. T. Ammon, Hasan Safayhi, Samuel N. Okpanyi
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Abstract
The invention relates to the use of preparations of the plant Curcuma longa or other curcumin-containing plants, curcumin or curcumin derivatives for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of conditions associated with excessive formation of leucotrienes and/or prostaglandins and to the use of preparations of the plant Curcuma longa or other curcumin-containing plants, curcumin or curcumin derivatives for the production of medicaments for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of conditions associated with excessive formation of leucotrienes and/or prostaglandins.
Claims10
A method for treatment of a patient susceptible to a condition associated with pathophysiological formation of leucotrienes, the method comprising:
- administering to said patient a pharmacologically effective amount of a preparation comprising curcumin or a curcumin derivative to reduce said formation of said leucotrienes.
A method for treatment of a patient susceptible to ulceralive colitis or Crohn's disease, the method comprising:
- administering to said patient a pharmacologically effective amount of a preparation of the plant Curcuma longa.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.