A purified extract from Harpagophytum procumbens and/or Harpagophytum zeyheri DENCE, a process for its preparation and its use.

摘要

A purified extract from Harpagophytum procumbens and/or Harpagophytum zeyheri DENCE is obtainable by dissolving an aqueous and/or aqueous/alcoholic extract in water saturated with n-butanol, extracting with n-butanol saturated with water, and removing the n-butanol in vacuo. It may be used for the preparation of medicaments for the treatment of Asthma bronchiale, Colitis ulcerosa, Morbus Crohn, diseases of the rheumatic type, and indications in which an increase of the lipoxygenase level occurs either by medicaments, other substances or diseases.