PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION WITH ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY CONTAINING CYMBOPOGON NARDUS, ITS PROCESS, AND USE

摘要

A process for obtaining dry extracts from the leaves of Cymbopogon nardus. The process comprises: i. Breaking down the leaves of Cymbopogon nardus in a solvent comprising an alcoholic organic solvent containing between 1 and 6 carbon atoms and water to obtain an extract; ii. Concentrating the extract by evaporating the organic solvent at a temperature from 35 to 45 degrees Celsius and at reduced pressure near vacuum; and iii. Lyophilizing the concentrated extract to obtain a dried extract. The alcoholic solvent can be ethanol or dipropylene glycol. The extract can be used in an antifungal or anti-trichomonicid pharmaceutical. The pharmaceutical can be used to treat Mycrosporum canis, M. ferrugineum, M. gypeum, Tricophytum mentagrophytes, T. raubistschecki, Trichosporum tonsurans, Candida albicans, C. glabrata, C. parapsilosis, C. tropicalis and Trichomonas vaginalis.