公开(公告)号：EP2680870A2

公开(公告)日：2014-01-08

申请号：EP12752724.0

申请日：2012-03-01

申请人： Phytomedics Corporation Inc. ,  Paffendorf, George

发明人： PAFFENDORF, George ,  CIMARUSTI, Christopher

IPC分类号： A61K36/37

CPC分类号： A61K36/37 ,  A61K2236/333

摘要： Products derived from the Tripterygium wilfordii Hook F (TwHF) plant in the form of extracts are provided that are useful in preventing, treating, or ameliorating a symptom of an inflammatory disorder or an immune disorder, such as an auto-immune disease. Also provided are methods of freeze-drying a TwHF root and/or root portion, methods of debarking a freeze-dried TwHF root and/or root portion, methods of preparing and/or refining extracts in freely flowable solid form from freeze-dried debarked TwHF roots and/or root portions, and methods of using freely flowable solid extracts of TwHF in preventing, treating or ameliorating a symptom of an inflammatory disorder and/or an immune disorder.