PURIFIED EXTRACT OF HARPAGOPHYTUM PROCUMBENS AND/OR HARPAGOPHYTUM ZEYHERI DENCE, PROCESS FOR ITS PRODUCTION AND ITS USE

摘要

A purified extract of harpagophytum procumbens and/or harpagophytum zeyheri DENCE can be obtained by dissolving the aqueous and/or aqueous-alcoholic extract in water satured with n-butanol, extraction with water-satured n-butanol and elimination of the n-butanol in vacuo. It may be used to produce medicaments for the treatment of bronchi al asthma, ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, rheumatic complaints and indications in which there is an increase in lipoxygenasis owing to medicaments, other substances or illnesses.