PHARMACEUTICALS FOR THE PREPARATION OF COMPOSITIONS AND / OR SUBSTANCES WITH ANTI-NEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY FROM PLANTS BELONGING TO THE PALMA FAMILY, COMPOSITIONS AND SUBSTANCES SO OBTAINED AND PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS CONTAINING AT LEAST ONE OF THEIR ACTIVE PRINCIPLES, COMPOSITIONS AND SUBSTANCES CITED

摘要

PCT No. PCT/IT92/00106 Sec. 371 Date Apr. 21, 1993 Sec. 102(e) Date Apr. 21, 1993 PCT Filed Aug. 25, 1992 PCT Pub. No. WO93/04689 PCT Pub. Date Mar. 18, 1993Provided are active principles having an antitumoral activity, extracted from plants of the family Palma, the subfamily Phoenicoideae and the genus Phoenix, and pharmaceutical preparations containing at least one of the substances and compositions present in said extracts. In comparison with all the other antitumoral drugs known to date, these active principles show increased selectivity on neoplastic cells and a lower involvement of the normal cells. Also provided is a process for extraction and separation of the components of the extracts, and their use for the preparation of antineoplastic drugs and drugs for the treatment of other pathologies.