PURIFIED EXTRACT OF UVARIA BREVISTIPITATA AND A PROCESS FOR OBTAINING THE PURIFIED EXTRACT THEREFOR

摘要

In HIV infected individuals, certain clinical and biological markers are used to assess the progression or regression of the disease. From the plant, Uvaria Brevistipitata of the Annonaceae family, a substantially pure extract was derived. This extract was administered to 268 HIV infected patients in a clinical trail in Zaire Africa and dramatic results were obtained. The extract was also submitted to a laboratory for in vitro analysis. When tested against the HIV reverse transcriptase enzyme, the extract tested 96.7 % active. In furter laboratory analysis, against HIV-IIIB, it demonstrated efficacy at doses that showed no cytotoxic effects.