Oral rinse
AssigneeIzun Pharmaceuticals Corp.
InventorsZvi G. Loewy, William Zev Levine, Aron J. Saffer
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Abstract
A method of treating or ameliorating an indication of mucosal or adjacent tissue comprising periodically applying to mucosa at or adjacent to disease affected tissue a rinse comprising: an effective amount of appropriate composition of herbal bioactive comprising active(s) of one or more of Sambucus nigra, Centella asiatica or Echinacea purpurea; an antimicrobially effective amount of a quaternary ammonium surfactant; and optionally a polymer or mixture of polymers effective to coat said tissue and entrap said extract(s).
Claims8
An oral rinse comprising an anti-gingivitis effective amount of herbal extracts of Sambucus nigra, Centella asiatica and Echinacea purpurea defining a weight amount of plant extract solids in the rinse, wherein Sambucus nigra extract is more than 50% to 90% by weight of the plant extract solids and Centella asiatica is 1% to less than 50% by weight of the plant extract solids;
- a plasticizer in an amount from 10 to 45% by weight of the rinse;
- and an antimicrobially effective amount of a surfactant that is a 1-alkylpyridinium salt, where alkyl is C8-C36, the surfactant present in an amount from 0.01 to 0.08% of the rinse by weight.
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