Composition for treating aids and associated conditions

Abstract

An Aids and associated conditions related to Aids treating compositions is disclosed. The compositions comprise: a medicament selected from an extract of at least one of the following plant families: Apocynaceae (Pleioscarpa Bicarpellata); Annonaceae (Cleistopholis Patens); Dichapetalaceae (Dichapetehan Madagasca Riense); Annoceae (Uvaristrum Pierreanum); Cynocynaceae (Strophantus Gratus); Asclepiadaceae (Gongronema Latifolium); Combretaceae (Combretum Racemosum); Apocynaceae (Alostonia Boonei); Amaranthaceae (Alternanthera Pungens); Aroceae (Anchomanes Differmis); Cyperaceae (Seleria Voivinil); Anacardiaceae (Lannea Acida); Bignoniaceae (Kigelia Africana); Bombacaceae (Ceiba Pentanota); Anarcardiaceae (Antrocaryon Micraster); Bombacaceae (Bombax Bounopozense): Anarcardiaceae (Spondias Mombin); Caricaceae (Carica Papaya); a glyceryl ester of any of the foregoing extracts; a saponin of any of the foregoing extracts; an alkaloid of any of the foregoing extracts; a protein of any of the foregoing extracts; a fat of any of the foregoing extracts; a sugar of any of the foregoing extracts; and any mixture of any of the foregoing.

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         10 . A composition for treating one or more symptoms of AIDS patients, comprising a mixture of extracts from the following plants:
 (a)  Alstonia cogensis, Cleistopholis brevipetala, Dichapetalum odoratum, Uvariastrum ghanensin, Strophanthus hispidus, Gongronema africanu,  and  Anogeissus leiocarpus;  or   (b)  Pleioscarpa bicarpellata, Cleistopholis lucens, Dichapetalum vondrozanum, Hunteria ghanensis, Strophanthus preussii, Vernonia amygdalina,  and  Combretum collinum,      wherein the one or more symptoms of AIDS is recurrent fever, chronic diarrhea, general body pain, persistent cough, dermatitis, or weight loss.   
     
     
         11 . The composition according to  claim 10 , further comprising one or more compound(s) derived from one or more of the foregoing plants, said compounds selected from the group consisting of: a glyceryl, a saponin, an alkaloid, a protein, a fat, and a sugar. 
     
     
         12 . The composition according to  claim 10 , wherein in component (a)
 (a)  Alstonia cogensis  or  Pleioscarpa bicarpellata  is present in the composition in an amount of 17 weight percent;   (b)  Cleistopholis brevipetala  or  Cleistopholis lucens  is present in the composition in an amount of 10 weight percent;   (c)  Dichapetalum odoratum  or  Dichapetalum vondrozanum  is present in the composition in an amount of 14 weight percent;   (d)  Uvariastrum ghanensin  or  Hunteria ghanensis  is present in the composition in an amount of 17 weight percent;   (e)  Strophanthus hispidus  or  Strophanthus preussii  is present in the composition in an amount of 21 weight percent;   (f)  Gongronema africanum  or  Vernonia amygdalina  is present in the composition in an amount of 14 weight percent; and   (g)  Anogeissus leiocarpus  or  Combretum collinum  is present in the composition in an amount of 7 weight percent;   wherein the mixture of extracts in (a) or (b) is further diluted with water to give a 0.5 to 25 weight percent extracts solution.