PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCT HAVING EPIDERMAL REGENERATIVE ACTIVITY BASED ON THE ACTIVE INGREDIENT OF MIMOSA TENUIFLORA AND PROCESS FOR ITS OBTENTION

摘要

The cortex of Mimosa tenuiflora contains a compoundwhich possesses regenerative properties which compound,once extracted, yields an odourless, reddish coffee-colour-ed powder having a bitter taste, the structural analysis ofwhich presents a content in C of 54-57%, in H of 4,5-5.4% andin O from 36.5 to 37.5%.The obtention process essentially consists in ex-tracting, by means of solvents, the active ingredient con-tained in the Mimosa tenuiflora cortex previously ground.The preferred solvents used are chloroform, ethanol andwater. The process is conducted at moderately high tempera-tures.The thusly obtained active ingredient is useful inthe therapy of burns, chafings, grazes, sores, eczemas,slight wounds and surgical wounds and may be administred in asolid or liquid form. The aqueous solutions of the saidactive ingredient as well as the dustable powders are pre-ferred.