Echinacea extracts, a process for the preparation thereof and formulations containing them.

摘要

A process for the preparation of lipophilic extracts from Echinacea purpurea and Echinacea angustifolia, useful in the treatment of diseases related to prostatic hypertrophy and in the prevention of inflammatory processes related thereto, as well as in the prevention of general phlogistic processes caused by pathogenic bacteria or viruses. Said extracts are prepared using carbon dioxide as the solvent, under hypercritical conditions.