Medicinal plant dry extracts
AssigneeKrewel Meuselbach GmbH
InventorDetlef Schierstedt
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Abstract
The present invention relates to orally administerable medicinal plant dry extracts, wherein the non-volatile phase of the extract is bound in a microdisperse form and/or in the form of a semisolid or solid solution to a first carrier which is soluble in or miscible with alcohol, soluble in or miscible with water and solid at room temperature, optionally in addition to other auxiliaries and/or additives. Optionally, a second carrier is selected from carriers which are insoluble in alcohol, insoluble in water or swellable in water and solid at room temperature, or alkaline earth metal and/or alkali metal carbonates including hydrogencarbonates.
Claims18
An orally administerable medicinal plant dry extract comprising:
- a medicinal plant extract wherein the medicinal plant is sabalfructus (palmetto fruit), Passiflora, chaste-tree (Vitex agnus-castus), ginkgo, nettle extract, holy thistle extract, valerian, Cimicifuga root or rootstock, Cynara, or a combination thereof;
- a first carrier, wherein the first carrier is a polyethylene glycol having a molecular weight of at least 1000, polyvinyl alcohol, polyvidone acetate, polyvinyl pyrrolidone, or a combination thereof;
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- at least one second carrier, wherein the second carrier is insoluble in alcohol, insoluble in water, or swellable in water, and solid at room temperature,
- wherein the plant extract is in a microdisperse form, semisolid form, solid solution form, or a combination thereof, and optionally comprises auxiliaries, additives, or a combination thereof.
An orally adminsterable medicinal plant dry extract, comprising a plant extract, a first carrier, and a second carrier, wherein the medicinal plant is Hypericum, and the non-volatile phase of the extract is bound in a microdisperse form, in the form of a semisolid or solid solution, or a combination thereof to the first carrier wherein the first carrier is a polyethylene glycol, polyvinyl alcohol, polyvidone acetate, polyvinyl pyrrolidone, or combinations thereof, optionally having auxiliaries, additives, or a combination thereof.
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