Use of elderberry extract
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Patent Type
- Applications(China)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- HEALTHCARE BRANDS INT
- Publication Date
- 2009-03-11
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable · inactive patent
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Abstract
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[0001] The present invention relates to the field of viral therapy. More specifically, the present invention relates to the use of elderberry extracts in the preparation of pharmaceutical preparations for the treatment of influenza virus infections. The present invention also relates to a method of treating avian influenza virus by administering an elderberry extract.
[0002] All publications mentioned in this application, including all references cited herein, are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety. Background technique
[0003] The spread of avian influenza from the Far East to Eastern European countries has raised concerns about a possible influenza pandemic and highlighted the need to explore a preventive and / or therapeutic approach.
[0004] Influenza viruses belong to the RNA virus family, Orthomyxoviridae (myxo=mucus). Orthomyxoviridae, and the closely related Paramyxoviridae family of RNA viruses, all have negative-strand single-st...