Patents Assigned to University of Madras
  • Patent number: 6589570
    Abstract: The invention disclosed in this application relates to a pharmaceutical formulation prepared from the biotyped variety of the medicinal plant, Phyllanthus amarus which is useful for the treatment of Hepatitis B (both acute and chronic), Hepatitis C (both acute and chronic) and other related viral infections of the liver with antihepatotoxic and liver cell regenerating potentials and immunomodulating properties. The invention confirms, that when pars of the biotyped variety of the medicinal plant, Phyllanthus amarus are extraceted separately with a polar solvent alone, polar solvent and water in specific ratios and water alone and when such extracts are mixed together, the resultant formulation has all the essential antiviral and biological properties, while the individual polar or aqueous extracts alone does not possess one or more of these properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2003
    Assignee: University of Madras
    Inventor: Sadras Panchatcharam Thyagarajan