Product containing extract from Zanthoxylum avicennae (Lam.) DC., and preparation process and use thereof
AssigneeChina Medical University
InventorsChih-Yang Huang, Duc-Dung Tran, Jer-Yuh Liu
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are a product containing an extract from Zanthoxylum avicennae (Lam.) DC. and a process for preparing the same. Also disclosed herein are a pharmaceutical composition including the aforesaid product containing the extract from Zanthoxylum avicennae (Lam.) DC., a method of treating a cancer in a subject via the aforementioned pharmaceutical composition, and a method of inhibiting tumor/cancer cells by virtue of the aforesaid product containing the extract from Zanthoxylum avicennae (Lam.) DC.
Claims14
A product containing an extract from Zanthoxylum avicennae (Lam.) DC., which is prepared by a process comprising the steps of:
- (a) subjecting a root material of Zanthoxylum avicennae (Lam.) DC. to an acid treatment using a first acid solution under heating such that an acid-treated root material of Zanthoxylum avicennae (Lam.) DC. is obtained;
- (b) subjecting the acid-treated root material of Zanthoxylum avicennae (Lam.) DC. to an extraction treatment using an alcohol solution such that an alcohol-extracted product is obtained;
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- (c) admixing the alcohol-extracted product with a second acid solution such that the product is formed.
A process for preparing a product containing an extract from Zanthoxylum avicennae (Lam.) DC., comprising the steps of:
- (a) subjecting a root material of Zanthoxylum avicennae (Lam.) DC. to an acid treatment using a first acid solution under heating such that an acid-treated root material of Zanthoxylum avicennae (Lam.) DC. is obtained;
- (b) subjecting the acid-treated root material of Zanthoxylum avicennae (Lam.) DC. to an extraction treatment using an alcohol solution such that an alcohol-extracted product is obtained;
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- (c) admixing the alcohol-extracted product with a second acid solution such that the product is formed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.