US2005118292A1PendingUtilityA1

Dioscorea extracts

Priority: Dec 1, 2003Filed: Dec 1, 2003Published: Jun 2, 2005
Est. expiryDec 1, 2023(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
A61K 38/20A61K 36/8945
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Abstract

An extract from a tuber of a Dioscorea plant. Also disclosed is a composition containing an extract from a tuber of a Dioscorea plant and a cytokine, as well as methods of enhancing proliferation of bone marrow or spleen cells and stimulating regeneration of a specific lineage of hematopoietic cells.

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1 . An extract from a tuber of a  Dioscorea  plant, wherein the extract is soluble in water and insoluble in an aqueous solution containing 65-90% ethanol between 0° C. and 25° C.  
     
     
         2 . The extract of  claim 1 , wherein the  Dioscorea  plant is  D. batatas  Decne,  D. alata  L.,  D. pseudojaponica , or  D. alata  L. var. purpurea (Roxb.) M. Pouch.  
     
     
         3 . The extract of  claim 1 , wherein the aqueous solution contains 70-80% ethanol.  
     
     
         4 . The extract of  claim 3 , wherein the  Dioscorea  plant is  D. batatas  Decne,  D. alata  L.,  D. pseudojaponica , or  D. alata  L. var. purpurea (Roxb.) M. Pouch.  
     
     
         5 . The extract of  claim 3 , wherein the aqueous solution contains 75% ethanol.  
     
     
         6 . The extract of  claim 5 , wherein the  Dioscorea  plant is  D. batatas  Decne,  D. alata  L.,  D. pseudojaponica , or  D. alata  L. var. purpurea (Roxb.) M. Pouch.  
     
     
         7 . The extract of  claim 6 , wherein the  Dioscorea  plant is  D. batatas  Decne.  
     
     
         8 . A composition comprising an extract from a tuber of a  Dioscorea  plant and a cytokine.  
     
     
         9 . The composition of  claim 8 , wherein the cytokine is interleukin-2.  
     
     
         10 . The composition of  claim 9 , wherein the  Dioscorea  plant is  D. batatas.    
     
     
         11 . The composition of  claim 8 , wherein the extract is soluble in water and insoluble in an aqueous solution containing 65-90% ethanol between 0° C. and 25° C.  
     
     
         12 . The composition of  claim 11 , wherein the cytokine is interleukin-2.  
     
     
         13 . The composition of  claim 12 , wherein the  Dioscorea  plant is  D. batatas.    
     
     
         14 . The composition of  claim 11 , wherein the aqueous solution contains 70-80% ethanol.  
     
     
         15 . The composition of  claim 14 , wherein the cytokine is interleukin-2.  
     
     
         16 . The composition of  claim 15 , wherein the  Dioscorea  plant is  D. batatas.    
     
     
         17 . The composition of  claim 14 , wherein the aqueous solution contains 75% ethanol.  
     
     
         18 . The composition of  claim 17 , wherein the cytokine is interleukin-2.  
     
     
         19 . The composition of  claim 18 , wherein the  Dioscorea  plant is  D. batatas.    
     
     
         20 . A method of enhancing proliferation of bone marrow or spleen cells, the method comprising administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of an extract from a tuber of a  Dioscorea  plant.  
     
     
         21 . The method of  claim 20 , wherein the extract is soluble in water and insoluble in an aqueous solution containing 65-90% ethanol between 0° C. and 25° C.  
     
     
         22 . The method of  claim 21 , wherein the  Dioscorea  plant is  D. batatas  Decne,  D. alata  L.,  D. pseudojaponica , or  D. alata  L. var. purpurea (Roxb.) M. Pouch.  
     
     
         23 . The method of  claim 21 , wherein the aqueous solution contains 70-80% ethanol.  
     
     
         24 . The method of  claim 23 , wherein the  Dioscorea  plant is  D. batatas  Decne,  D. alata  L.,  D. pseudojaponica , or  D. alata  L. var. purpurea (Roxb.) M. Pouch.  
     
     
         25 . The method of  claim 23 , wherein the aqueous solution contains 75% ethanol.  
     
     
         26 . The method of  claim 25 , wherein the  Dioscorea  plant is  D. batatas  Decne,  D. alata  L.,  D. pseudojaponica , or  D. alata  L. var. purpurea (Roxb.) M. Pouch.  
     
     
         27 . The method of  claim 20 , wherein the bone marrow cells are CFU-GM, CFU-GEMM, or CFU-BFU-E cells.  
     
     
         28 . The method of  claim 27 , wherein the  Dioscorea  plant is  D. batatas  Decne,  D. alata  L.,  D. pseudojaponica , or  D. alata  L. var. purpurea (Roxb.) M. Pouch.  
     
     
         29 . A method of enhancing proliferation of bone marrow or spleen cells, the method comprising administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of an extract from a tuber of a  Dioscorea  plant and an effective amount of a cytokine.  
     
     
         30 . The method of  claim 29 , wherein the cytokine is interleukin-2.  
     
     
         31 . The method of  claim 30 , wherein the  Dioscorea  plant is  D. batatas.    
     
     
         32 . The method of  claim 31 , wherein the extract is soluble in water and insoluble in an aqueous solution containing 65-90% ethanol between 0° C. and 25° C.  
     
     
         33 . The method of  claim 32 , wherein the cytokine is interleukin-2.  
     
     
         34 . The method of  claim 33 , wherein the  Dioscorea  plant is  D. batatas.    
     
     
         35 . The method of  claim 32 , wherein the aqueous solution contains 70-80% ethanol.  
     
     
         36 . The method of  claim 35 , wherein the cytokine is interleukin-2.  
     
     
         37 . The method of  claim 36 , wherein the  Dioscorea  plant is  D. batatas.    
     
     
         38 . The method of  claim 35 , wherein the aqueous solution contains 75% ethanol.  
     
     
         39 . The method of  claim 38 , wherein the cytokine is interleukin-2.  
     
     
         40 . The method of  claim 39 , wherein the  Dioscorea  plant is  D. batatas.    
     
     
         41 . The method of  claim 28 , wherein the bone marrow cells are CFU-GM, CFU-GEMM, or CFU-BFU-E cells.  
     
     
         42 . The method of  claim 41 , wherein the cytokine is interleukin-2.  
     
     
         43 . The method of  claim 42 , wherein the  Dioscorea  plant is  D. batatas.

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