PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION ADJUVANT TO CHEMOTHERAPY DRUGS AND APPLICATIONS THEREOF

摘要

The present invention discloses a pharmaceutical composition and applications thereof. The pharmaceutical composition comprises an extract of Antrodia cinnamomea fruiting bodies and a pharmaceutical carrier. The extract is fabricated via soaking the powder of Antrodia cinnamomea fruiting bodies in hot water and then undertaking extraction with a low-polarity solvent to acquire the extract from the soaked powder. The pharmaceutical composition can function as an adjuvant drug of chemotherapy drugs to enhance the treatment effect of the chemotherapy drugs cisplatin and gemcitabine and relieve the chemotherapy drug-induced side-effects of hair loss, muscle degradation and atrophy, gastrointestinal lesion, nephritis and renal injury.

主权项

1. A pharmaceutical composition adjuvant to chemotherapy drugs, comprising
an effective dosage of an extract of Antrodia cinnamomea fruiting bodies; and an acceptable pharmaceutical carrier,wherein said extract of Antrodia cinnamomea fruiting bodies is an adjuvant drug of said chemotherapy drugs to enhance cancer treatment effect of said chemotherapy drugs and relieve a syndrome of a cancer and a side-effect caused by said chemotherapy drugs, and wherein said chemotherapy drugs are cisplatin and gemcitabine.