USE OF STEROIDAL GLYCOSIDES, PHARMACEUTICAL FORMULATIONS, USE OF FURCRAEA FOETIDA PLANT EXTRACTS, PROCESS FOR PRODUCING FURCRAEA FOETIDA PLANT EXTRACTS AND METHOD FOR TREATING SKIN DISORDERS

摘要

The present invention relates, most generally, to steroidal glycosides that can be used for treating skin disorders. Particularly, the invention relates to the use of certain steroidal glycosides, per se or in the form of aglycone, spirostanol derivatives, or the precursor thereof, furastanol, or mixtures thereof, used in treating skin disorders, for example, psoriasis. The invention also relates to formulations containing steroidal glycosides, to the process for producing Furcraea foetida plant extract, and to a method for treating skin disorders.