Patent Application
20050003028
1. Field which the Invention Refers to
2. Technical Problem
The most common causes of liver poisoning are:
When liver is exposed to some of these agents, or chemotherapy, radiation, drugs or to risks coming from the surrounding (pesticides, heavy metals, car exausts, passive smoking), the ability of its regeneration is decreasing or even ceasing.
Hepatitis has particularly proved itself as a very difficult and infectious disease. Since interferon-based remedies, having been used heretofore, have been succesfull only with 40% of the patients, death would often be the result of the illness.
The most often case is that, when infected by hepatitis, liver is not able to recover quickly enough, thus resulting in a fatty liver.
The goal of this application is a new type of liver remedy, addiotional to those that have been used heretofore. This remedy can be administered independently.
Intensive efforts on St. Mary Thistle, or Blessed Milk Thistle, (Cardui mariae) preparations have been made during the last 30 years, and its appliance in traditional medicine is 2000 years old. There is almost no country and/or pharmaceutical company that does not produce at least one composition based on St. Mary thistle. In most cases, they are sylimarin-based compositions, isolated from plant seeds. The biggest disadvantages of this kind of compositions are:
Due to these two disadvantages, there are two requirements that have to be met if the composition is to be effective:
Although the existence of sylimarin in St. Mary thistle leaves has been proved, little effort has been made regarding its quantitative and qualitative determination. Thus, the use of St. Mary thistle leaf was given up because the concentration of sylimarin in St. Mary thistle fruit is higher, and sylimarin itself can easily be determined by using thin-layer chromatography, according to pharmacopeia. So, the “problem” with sylimarin from St. Mary thistle leaf is that it is linked into compounds. This was proved by the analyses of our herbal composition. The composition is made from St. Mary Thistle, medicinal plants containing ether oils (peppermint and Helichrysi flos) and bitter substances (yarrow, dandelion, buckbean). St. Mary thistle (Cardui mariaum) is a medicinal plant, known for its anti-hepatitis effects in phytotherapy. When ether oil of peppermint (Mentha piperita L.) and Helichrysum arenarium are added to St. Mary thistle, as well as bitter substances of yarrow (Achillea millefollium), buckbean (Menyanthes trifoliata), and especially dandelion (Taraxaci radix) which improves gall flow, the inflamation and congestion of the liver get weakened, metabolic processes and gall secretion get improved, and St. Mary thistle restores liver cells. Active matters responsible for the positive influence:
In its preparation, the composition is consisted of:
containing:
According to what has been said so far, preferable shares of herbal substances for 60 g of tea would be:
According to the invention, alcoholic extract was obtained from:
Whereby alcohol used for the extraction is 70% ethanol. In the most preferable preparation, the alcoholic herbal extract contains alcoholic herbal extract—50 ml:
I) Hepatovit—Drops 50 ml
Sylimarin is soluble in ethanol drops, so the drops of extract have higher phytotherapeutic value than St. Mary thistle-based remedies known so far. Duration of the extraction is 10 days, at room temperature, preferably between 4 and 12 C., in dark rooms unexposed to the sun, and in plastic dishes. It has been proved that solubility of the chemical compound sylimarin is the highest in ethanol. Human re-absorbs these drops very quickly, unlike remedies on the basis of St. Mary thistle seeds that have been made so far.
Higher solubility in water and organism has been proved.
St. Mary thistle seeds are to be put in ethanol (70% pure), and occasionally stirred during the extraction.
A few days after the drops are adminstered, the liver starts taking over its function, which has already been occasionally failing or has not been working properly.
Helichrysi flos is added because of its soothing effect on metabolism and the secretion of gall.
II) Hepatovit—Tea Mixture 60 g
Shows very good synergic effect of all six components on a damaged liver, even when the accumulation of water in the liver has already began, and the liver has started to swell. The water disappears and the liver recovers gradually by the performance of the composition according to the invention.
However, the efficacy has also been proved because sylimarin from St. Mary thistle leaf in our composition has synergic effect. This means that its effects are better and more efficient when combined with other components than when acting alone.
The composition is applied against chronic inflammatory liver diseases, alcohol-based damages, drug-based and chemical-based damages, radiation consequences, and as an additional therapy against acute and chronic hepatitis.
The tea and the extract function on the same principle. The basic active substance in the tea mixture, as well as in the extract, is sylimarin. The difference is that sylimarin in the extract is present in bigger amount. On the other side, there are also other herbal components in the tea, the components that synergiclly assist the performance of the basic active substance, thus providing the effect which is more overall. Therefore, regarding the therapy, the most preferable performance of the invetion includes the application of the tea and the extract simultaneously because the highest efficacy of the preparation was noticed in such case.
Although in cases of light forms of liver diseases, only the tea or the extract used individually can cure.
The composition significantly improves activity of the liver in a range of chronic and acute diseases, from hepatitis to cirrhosis. The composition was administered to volunteers suffering from such diseases, and they explained their state afterwards. Here are several examples:
The compositions described so far in this application have soothing effect on liver, helping its protection and regeneration. They are the tea and the drops. All six components from the tea mixture have a very good synergic effect. Sylimarin is soluble in ethanol drops which have better phytotherapeutical value in comparsion with tea mixture. This is due to added Helichrysi flos, causing the drops to function soothingly on the metabolism of liver and the secretion of gall. Therefore, the prepared compositions on the basis of sylimarin, and in the form of capsules (4% Sylimarin) and forte capsules (70-80% Sylimarin), have stronger pharmacological effect in comparison with the tea and the drops. This is due to higher presence of active substance of Sylimarin, causing the composition to be more efficient in case of more serious liver diseases. Although the presence of sylimarin was proved in St. Mary thistle leaves, little has been done regarding the quantitative and qualitative determination of the substance. The use of St. Mary thistle leaves was given up because the concentration of sylimarin in St. Mary thistle fruit is higher, and sylimarin itself could easily be determined by the method of thin-layer chromatography according to pharmacopeia. Therefore, the “problem” with sylimarin from St. Mary thistle leaf is that it is linked into compounds, as having been proved by the analyses of our herbal composition.
According to the invention, the composition is consisted of:
According to what has been said so far, the preferable amounts of herbal components in a 200 mg capsule would be:
Forte Capsules
According to the invention, the composition is consisted of:
According to what has been said so far, the preferable amounts of herbal components in a 200 mg capsule would be:
I) Capsules—200 mg, a Dietetic Product Containing 4% Natural Sylimarin
II) Forte Capsules—200 mg, a Dietetic Product Containing 70-80% Natural Sylimarin
Preparation:
Ripe and dried St. Mary thistle fruits are grinded, the skin is removed by the blowing method, and the remains are grinded once again. Sylimarin is then being singled out by one of the patented methods. These methods are:
However, the efficacy has also been proved because Sylimarin from St. Mary thistle leaf in our preparation has synergic effect (i.e. it acts better and more efficiently when combined with other components than when acting alone).
The compound is used in case of chronic liver diseases, alcohol-based damages, remedy-based and chemical-based damages, radiation consequences, and as an additional therapy in case of acute and chronic hepatitis. The basic active substance in the capsules is sylimarin, with its presence higher in Hepatovit forte capsules, but both capsules act on the same principle. On the other hand, the rest of herbal components are also in the capsules, synergicly assisting the performance of the basic active substance, thus ensuring more overall effect.
This dietetic composition significantly improves the activity of liver, doing so in cases ranging from acute hepatitis diseases to liver cirrhosis. Volunteers suffering from this kind of diseases used the composition and explained their condition. Here are some examples:
No side effects have been noticed so far, and pre-clinical researches are under way.
Active substance of St. Mary thistle (Sylibum marianum)—SYLIMARIN
No side effects have been noticed so far, and pre-clinical researches are under way.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| P20010789A | Oct 2001 | HR | national |
| P20020361A | Apr 2002 | HR | national |
| Number | Date | Country | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parent | PCT/HR02/00038 | Aug 2002 | US |
| Child | 10880749 | Jun 2004 | US |
