摘要 |
The invention relates to an extract taken from Piper methysticum G. Forster, which is extracted from above-ground growing parts of these plants, especially from the leaves. Said extract offers advantages with regard to the action and extraction and, according to HPLC analysis, is distinctly different from known extracts taken from root material. One such extract can be obtained by extracting substances from above-ground growing plant material of Piper methysticum<G. Forster, preferably from the leaf material, and is suited for use in medicaments having an anxiolytic, anticonvulsive, muscle relaxant, narcosis increasing, analgesic, sleep-inducing, anti-inflammatory and/or neuroprotective effect. |