Abstract: A composition consisting of a combination of peptides that regenerate the dermal matrix and a rapid acting muscle relaxant derived from the extract of the plant, Acmella oleracea. By limiting cutaneous deformation caused by the contraction of facial muscles the extract increases the efficiency of the peptides in reducing expression lines.

Abstract: There is provided a topical lightening composition having a melanin synthesis-regulating agent and a vehicle. Also, there is provided a topical lightening composition having an extract of perilla leaf and a vehicle. In addition there is provided a topical lightening composition having a lightening agent selected from the group consisting of coconut water, palm water, palm nut milk, pecan nut milk, almond nut milk, cashew nut milk, walnut nut milk, concentrates of the foregoing, and any combinations thereof, along with a vehicle. The compositions and methods of the invention are effective to lighten skin, hair, lips, and/or nails.

Abstract: Disclosed is an effervescent composition and a method of making an effervescent composition that includes a viscous component and is a free flowing granulation.

Abstract: A process for releasing and extracting phosphatides from a phosphatide-containing matrix. The process includes (i) contacting the phosphatide-containing matrix with a solvent and a metal salt to release phosphatides from the matrix and form a phosphatide enriched solvent portion and a phosphatide depleted matrix portion, (ii) separating the phosphatide enriched solvent portion from the phosphatide depleted matrix portion, and (iii) recovering the phosphatides from the phosphatide enriched solvent portion.

Abstract: The nerve growth factor (NGF) is used for the storage of corneas in culture, for the production and the storage in vitro of single cell populations of the corneal morphological and functional unit (i.e. epithelium, stroma/keratocytes and endothelium) and of the conjunctival epithelium, and for the production and the storage of corneal and conjunctival tissues, in particular for transplantation purposes. The NGF is also proposed for use in the therapy and/or the prophylaxis of diseases of the corneal surface, wherein a lack of integrity of the corneal and conjunctival morphological and functional unit occurs, in particular for pathologies having a dystrophic or neurodystrophic basis, both congenital and acquired.

Abstract: The invention relates inter alia to pharmaceutical compositions containing an extract obtainable from a plant of the genus Trichocaulon or Hoodia having anti-diabetic activity; and to the use of such extracts and to compound (1) as herein defined and its analogues for the manufacture of medicaments having anti-diabetic activity.

Abstract: A method of treating CD33+ acute and chronic myeloid leukemia in animals including humans, using fraction nos. 1 and 9 obtained from water: methanol fraction by column chromatography, with ratio of water and methanol ranging between 1:5 to 5:1, wherein said water:methanol fraction is obtained from the polar extract of Piper betel by HPLC, with retention time of 3.6 and 24.0 minutes respectively, with said fractions used both individually, and in combination, and a composition comprising the said fraction nos. 1 and 9.

Abstract: A lipolysis stimulator and a slimming agent which stimulate or facilitate lipolysis of accumulated adipose tissue, to thereby exert the body slimming effect. The lipolysis stimulator or the slimming agent of the present invention contains as an active ingredient any form of a plant or an extract thereof, the plant being selected from among common juniper, togenashi, rosehip, areca, polygala root, plantago herb, calumba, zuikorodoku, garden nasturtium, kidachiumanosuzukusa, bayberry, cogon grass, kohon, shoyokanzo, Japanese white birch, tanjin, kikubafuro, white mustard, common sunflower, ground ivy, Chinese wolfberry, Japanese pagota tree, sennenken, common fig, kankatto, Chinese hibiscus, usubaakaza, fenugreek, English walnut, sozuku, koniwa-zakura, gardenia, shima-kan-giku, akamino-akane, futaba-mugura, karoou, schizonepeta spike, purslane, karabyakushi, and prostrate knotweed.

Abstract: An asafetida extract in the preparation of medicine for abstinence of drugs. A method for abstinence of drugs, which comprises administering a therapeutically effective amount of asafetida extract to subjects. The asafetida extract may be extracted from factice resin of Ferula sinkiangensis K. M. Shen or Ferula fukanensis K.M. Shen, and consists essentially of ?-pinene, ?-terpinene, 2-borneol, terpin-4-ol, D-fenchyl alcohol, pinocarveol, ?-ocimene A, ?-ocimene B, di-sec-butyl disulfide, sec-butyl-trans-1-butenyl disulfide, sec-butyl-cis-propenyl disulfide, sec-butyl-cis-1-butenyl disulfide, sec-butyl-trans-2-butenyl disulfide and thio-sec-butyl-trans-methylethenyl disulfide. The asafetida extract may also be extracted from factice resin of F.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a treating method for hair growth inhibition, which comprises administering (A) the extract of a plant of the family Juniperus or a malt. In addition, the present invention relates to a dermatologic composition for external use, which comprises (B) an elastase inhibitor or neutral endopeptidase inhibitor, and the above-described component (A) and/or (C) at least one proteolytic enzyme selected from the group consisting of papain, trypsin, chymotrypsin, pepsin, bromelain, ficin and pancreatin.

Abstract: This invention relates to compositions for the treatment of acquired immunodeficiency diseases, especially human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), and its simian and feline counterparts (simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV), and feline immunodeficiency virus (FIV)), and to methods for their use.

Abstract: The invention provides novel saponin mixtures and compounds which are isolated from the species Acacia victoriae and methods for their use. These compounds may contain a triterpene moiety, such as acacic or oleanolic acid, to which oligosaccharides and monoterpenoid moieties are attached. The mixtures and compounds have properties related to the regulation of apoptosis and cytotoxicity of cells and exhibit potent anti-tumor effects against a variety of tumor cells.

Abstract: A process of making an osteopathy solution includes the steps of (a) soaking a raw composition which includes Radix Angelicae Sinensis, Radix Paeoniae Rubra, Rhizoma seu Radix Notopterygii, Radix Angelicae Dahuricae, Herba Asari, Folium Artemisiae Argyi, Radix Angelicae Pubescentis, Radix Dipsaci, Myrrha, Ramulus Mori, Radix Rubiae, Radix Clematidis, Radix Stephaniae Tetrandrae, Rhizoma Cimicifugae and Radix Gentianae Macrophyllae in a predetermined amount of water for a predetermined period of soaking time to form a pre-decocting solution and a pre-decocting composition; (b) heating the pre-decocting solution and the pre-decocting composition for a predetermined period of reaction time to form a mixture consisting of a residual composition and a solution; wherein a volume ratio of said solution in step (b) and said water in step (a) is approximately 1:3; and (c) cooling down the solution to a predetermined temperature.

Abstract: The present invention provides compositions comprising an essential oil, methods for preparing the compositions, and methods of disinfecting potable liquid with the compositions.

Abstract: Compositions of plant carbohydrates for dietary supplements and nutritional support for promotion and maintenance of good health. Defined nutritionally effective amounts of one to eleven essential saccharides, glyconutrients, are used in various inventive compositions as dietary supplements. The dietary composition herein can include phytonutrients, vitamins, minerals, herbal extracts, and other non-toxic nutrients. The glyconutritional dietary supplement herein provides essential saccharides which are the building blocks of glycoproteins. These compositions, when administered orally or topically, have been found to improve the well being of mammals suffering from a variety of disorders.

Abstract: A novel formulation is provided that serves to inhibit the inflammatory response in animals. The formulation comprises, as a first component an effective amount of a diterpene triepoxide lactone species and an effective amount of a second component of a sesquiterpene lactone species or derivatives thereof, and provides synergistic anti-inflammatory effects in response to physical or chemical injury or abnormal immune stimulation due to a biological agent or unknown etiology.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a method for modulating steroidogenic activity and a composition useful for same. The present invention further relates to a composition comprising a steroidogenic modulator useful for modulating physiological processes mediated by the androgen receptor or an active form thereof or complex comprising same and/or for modulating physiological processes mediated by estrogen receptors. The composition of the present invention preferably comprises an extract of herbs or botanical or horticultural equivalents of the herbs or chemical or functional equivalents of one or more components of the herbal extract thereof.

Abstract: The yield of active polysaccharides contained in Agaricus blazei, such as ?-glucan, can be improved, by decomposing and treating the mycelium or fruit body of Agaricus blazei or a liquid waste of the culture of the mycelium with an enzymatic agent principally comprising hemicellulase. By increasing the concentrations of the active polysaccharides, furthermore, the digestion and absorption of the biologically active substance of the present invention after the incorporation thereof into bodies is prominently elevated, so that the active substance can exert excellent immune activation effect on cancers and other adult diseases.

Abstract: Compositions are described comprising at least partially defatted meal from a plant source containing protein-bound tryptophan, preferably squash seeds, and, optionally, a carbohydrate source provided in an amount capable of facilitating transport of in vivo generated tryptophan across the blood brain barrier. Also described are dietary supplements, foods and beverages comprising the composition of the invention to reduce anxiety.

Abstract: An allergy preventive or itching preventive food containing persimmon leaves or a persimmon leaf extract, a persimmon leaf extract-containing cosmetic composition having the action of improving allergic rough skin conditions or alleviating itching, an allergy or itching preventive or therapeutic composition.