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US 5,512,284 AGranted
Method for treating bacterial infections
AssigneesTeodoro P. Haidenvurcel, Eduardo H. Pinto
InventorRicardo M. Camano
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a SCHINUS MOLLE L. species essential oil composition with bactericide activity, being the components: ##STR1## in an appropiate pharmaceutical dilution.
Claims3
A method for treating infections of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Staphylococcus aureus in a human or animal patient, comprising
- applying a pharmaceutical composition to the patient's epidermis,
- wherein said pharmaceutical composition comprises an essential oil extract from Schinus molle L. and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and
- wherein said essential oil extract further comprises .alpha.-phellandrene, .beta.-phellandrene, carvacrol, .alpha.-pinene and .beta.-pinene in a clear yellow liquid with specific weight at 2.degree. C. of about 0.9, a refractive index of about 1.49, a polarimetric deviation of about 2.8, an ester number of about 14.
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