Anti-inflammatory composition derived from emu oil
AssigneeEmu Products Western Australia Pty. Ltd.
InventorsPeter Ghosh, Michael Whitehouse, Michael Dawson, Athol G. Turner
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Abstract
A biologically active component of emu oil is disclosed which is useful in pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of inflammation of environmental and systemic origins. Pharmaceutical composition including emu oil and dermal transport enhancing compounds are also disclosed as useful topical anti-inflammatory treatments.
Claims17
A biologically active yellow-coloured component of emu oil prepared by:
- fractionating emu oil diluted with hexane using a florisil column;
- eluting said column successively with hexane, dichloromethane and 10% methanol in dichloromethane;
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- separating a biologically active yellow coloured component from the 10% methanol in dichloromethane fraction.
An anti-inflammatory topical pharmaceutical composition comprising:
- a) an anti-inflammatory selected from the group consisting of emu oil, a yellow-coloured biologically active component isolated from emu oil, and derivatives thereof,
- b) 1 to 99% by volume of one or more compounds that act to provide effective transport of the anti-inflammatory across the dermis or mucous membranes and
- c) a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
An anti-inflammatory topical pharmaceutical composition comprising 1 to 99% by volume of a biologically active yellow coloured component of emu oil prepared by:
- fractionating emu oil diluted with hexane using a florisil column;
- eluting said column successively with hexane, dichloromethane and 10% methanol in dichloromethane;
- separating a biologically active yellow coloured component from the 10% methanol in dichloromethane fraction, and
- combining the component with 99 to 1% by volume of one or more compounds that act to provide effective transport of said component across the dermis or mucous membranes and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.