Abstract: This invention provides a composition and method for countering the effects of alcohol consumption by a person. The composition provided is a specifically proportion combination of various vitamins, potassium, magnesium, milk thistle extract, amino acids, green tea extract, prickly pear extract, malic acid, and optionally Maqui berry extract, and various other additives for flavor and preservatives for a liquid formulation. The method includes orally administering the composition to a person under the influence of alcohol.

Abstract: A method for decreasing nicotine and other substance use in humans is disclosed. Tetrahydroberberine (THB) and its analogs, l-Tetrahydropalmatine (l-THP) and l-Stepholidine (l-SPD), are present in and can be isolated from several plants in the Magnoliidae superorder. According to the disclosed method, THB and its analogs are used to block nicotine-induced DA release, and modulate heterologous or homoeric expression of human nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChR) in humans. Specifically, THB exhibits bi-directory modulation of ?4?2-nAChR-mediated currents induced by nicotine. THB also shows predominant inhibition on homologously expressed ?7-nAChR function. Thus, according to the disclosed method, THB is used to simultaneous blockade midbrain DA system function, the brain reward center, and neuronal ?4?2- and ?7-nAChR function, the major nicotine targets in the brain. Therefore, THB and its analogs serve as a novel class of natural compounds to decrease nicotine dependence in humans.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods and preparations useful for reducing fat at a targeted area(s) on a human. The preparations comprise as an active ingredient an adipolysis enhancing (i.e., fat-melting) amount of an active ingredient, paeoniflorin (PF). The preparations may be provided as an injectable preparation or as a topically applied preparation, such as in the form of a crème or lotion. In topical preparations, the active ingredient paeoniflorin may be contained within nanospheres, such as albumin nanospheres. The PF-containing preparations may also include a permeant, such as azone. The method may be accompanied by the application of ultrasound to the area being treated prior to, during or after, or prior to, during, and after application of the paeoniflorin preparation to an area of the body in which fat reduction is desired.

Abstract: The compositions and methods described herein relate generally to therapeutic compositions containing Nerium species extracts, as well as to methods for treating diseases or disorders by administering the compositions, including compositions having a combination of Nerium species extract and glutathione. It further includes pharmaceutical compositions containing a combination of glutathione and a Nerium species extract. The compositions and methods disclosed may be useful for treating a variety of diseases or disorders including one or more cell-proliferative diseases or disorders, infections, and dementias.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of attenuating the formation or reducing the severity of neurogenic pain in the tissue of a patient via applying a composition comprising a hydrophilic foam substrate and a polymeric hydrophilic agent to a portion of the surface of the skin in an amount and at a location sufficient to attenuate formation of or reduce the severity of neurogenic pain.

Abstract: The present invention relates to deodorants and other body care products comprising a CO2 extract of the hops plant having bacteriocide/bacteriostat properties wherein the CO2 extract has a very low level of essential hops oils.

Abstract: The invention refers to use of Nocardia Rubra Cell Wall Skeleton, especially the new use of the same in the preparation of Anti-HPV medicaments.

Abstract: The invention relates to a drug or a dermatological composition containing an avocado peptide extract for treating and/or preventing pruritus, in particular gravidic pruritus, pruritus sine materia, pruritus in newborns, and pruritus originating from a drug.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an antioxidant cosmetic composition, and more particularly to an antioxidant cosmetic composition containing, as an active ingredient, either an extract of at least one of peony, Polygonati rhizoma and lily, processed using a medicinal herb processing technique, or a mixture of said extract and an extract of at least one of unprocessed peony, Polygonati rhizoma and lily.

Abstract: Compositions and methods of treating migrainous headaches and their associated symptoms are provided. Methods of treating migrainous headaches and their associated symptoms include administering a lipid-based composition containing feverfew extract and ginger extract sublingually to a patient in need thereof. Treatments are effective using low total administered amounts of feverfew and ginger extracts.

Abstract: A bruise amelioration composition that can be applied for one hour to an affected site, such as a bruise, contusion or blister, in the form of a gel, liquid or adhesive bandage. The composition includes at least 40% by weight of glycerin and at least 2% by weight of primrose oil. Preferably, the composition includes a fragrance, such as peach oil and marjoram and 1% to 10% by weight of vitamins A, C, D, E and K.

Abstract: A supercritical fluid (SCF) extract of a cardiac glycoside-containing plant mass is provided. The extract can be included in a pharmaceutical composition containing an extract-solubilizing amount of solubilizer. Oleandrin is included within the extract when a cardiac glycoside-containing plant, such as Nerium oleander, is extracted by SCF extraction. The extract can also contain one or more other SCF extractable pharmacologically active agents. The composition can be used to treat a wide range of disorders that are therapeutically responsive to a cardiac glycoside.

Abstract: A composition and a method of using the composition is described that is effective to protect or repair oxidative damage to DNA in mammalian skin by up regulating each of SIRT1, Gadd45b, and SOD2. The composition includes at least two of a candle bush extract, noni leaf extract, and melon extract with each present in an amount such that the composition is effective to up regulate each of SIRT1, Gadd45b, and SOD2.

Abstract: Compositions are disclosed containing, as active ingredients, an extract of Allium species, an extract of Citrus species and either an extract of Paullinia species and an extract of Theobroma species, or an extract of Salix species and zinc sulphate, and the method of preparation of these compositions, and cosmetic and/or pharmaceutical application of these compositions.

Abstract: The present invention concerns the field of plant extracts and their uses, in particular for cosmetic, oral hygiene and pharmaceutical purposes. In particular the invention concerns blackberry leaf extracts and preparations and medicaments containing them, as well as their use to inhibit irritating and inflammatory skin conditions.

Abstract: The invention relates to a medicament which comprises a peptide extract of avocado and which can also comprise a composition containing D-mannoheptulose and/or perseitol, such as a water-soluble extract of avocado sugars, and/or a peptide extract of lupine. The inventive medicament is intended for the treatment and/or prevention of illnesses that are linked to an alteration in innate and/or acquired immunity, through an increase in the production of anti-microbial peptides, preferably hBD-2, without inducing inflammatory reactions, irritations or intolerances.

Abstract: The invention discloses 5-lipoxygenase inhibitory product prepared from botanical sources. More specifically, the invention describes 5-lipoxygenase inhibitory extracts or bio-enriched extracts or fractions of Aphanamixis polystachya, methods of making 5-lipoxygenase inhibitory extract, and methods of treating and/or preventing disease conditions mediated by 5-lipoxygenase by using the said extract. The invention further discloses pharmaceutical or nutraceitical or dietary compositions containing therapeutically effective amounts of the extracts of Aphanamixis polystachya in combination with other known anti-inflammatory agents useful for oral, parenteral and topical administration.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing an antiviral pharmaceutical composition for the prophylaxis or treatment of a rhinovirus infection that includes the utilization of iota-, kappa- or lambda-carrageenan or mixtures thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a nutritional composition comprising punicalagins.

Abstract: The invention relates to diallyl disulfide and cinnamon oil formulations, for protecting plants from nematodes and other plant pathogens. The invention provides a method for suppressing plant damage by nematodes and other plant pathogens, which comprises the concurrent administration, to the locus, soil or seeds of plants in need of such treatment, of (a) cinnamon oil (and/or its component cinnamaldehyde), (b) an effective quantity of diallyl disulfide, as well as nematocidal compositions useful therein.