Plant extracts for the treatment of increased bone resorption
AssigneeUniversitäT Bern
InventorRoman Conrad Mühlbauer
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Abstract
The present invention is concerned with nutritional or pharmaceutical compositions containing a plant extract or concentrate selected from the group consisting of allium (leek), aethusa (dog parsley), petroselium (parsley) and brassica (cabbage) extracts and concentrates. The compositions of the invention are useful for the treatment or prophylaxis of diseases or conditions which are characterized by increased bone resorption, such as Paget's disease, tumor-induced bone disease or particularly osteoporosis.
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A method for the treatment or prophylaxis of a disease or condition in a patient having the disease or condition which is characterized by increased bone resorption comprising administering to the patient an amount of a plant extract or concentrate selected from the group consisting of Allium cepa, Allium ursinum, Petroselinum crispum crispum, Petroselinum crispum var. neapolitanum, and Brassica oleracea var. italica, Eruca sativa and concentrates and mixtures thereof, effective to inhibit or reduce bone resorption, in a medicament or nutritional formulation, wherein said plant extract and concentrate are produced by extracting with an aqueous solvent.
A method for the treatment or prophylaxis of a disease or condition in a patient having the disease or condition which is characterized by increased bone resorption comprising administering to the patient an amount of a plant extract or concentrate selected from the group consisting of Petroselinum and Eruca and concentrates and mixtures thereof, effective to inhibit or reduce bone resorption, in a medicament or nutritional formulation, wherein said plant extract and concentrate are produced by extracting with an aqueous solvent.
A method for the treatment of prophylaxis of a disease or condition in a patient having the disease or condition which is characterized by increased bone resorption comprising administering to the patient an amount of a plant extract or concentrate of Allium cepa, effective to inhibit or reduce bone resorption, in a medicament or nutritional formulation, wherein said plant extract and concentrate are produced by extracting with a solvent comprising water and alcohol.
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