PROCEDURE FOR PREPARING A PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATION FOR SELECTIVE REDUCTION OF LIPID LEVEL IN THE BLOOD

摘要

The invention relates to a process for the preparation of a selective blood-lipid-level-lowering pharmaceutical composition by extraction of the seed, root, stalk and/or leaves of alfalfa. According to the process of the invention, the extraction is carried out with water or an aqueous solution of a temperature of at least 40 degrees C. and a pH of at most 8, whereafter the extract obtained is transformed alone or together with hardly or not digestible polysaccharides and optionally with carriers commonly used in the pharmaceutical industry to a pharmaceutical composition. The composition according to the invention contains neither canavanine (being a toxic amino acid) nor coumestrol (possessing hormone effect).