TOPICAL ANTI-INFLAMMATORY COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING HYDROCARBON FRACTIONS FROM BEESWAX

摘要

Method and pharmaceutical composition for topically treating skin inflammatory disoraers by administering to the inflamed area a therapeutically effective amount of a substantially non-polar hydrocarbon fraction from beeswax comprising a mixture of (i) a major proportion of saturated straight chain C21-C33 hydrocarbons and (ii) a minor proportion of mono-unsaturated long chain hydrocarbons.