Antiviral agent derived from the hull of the kukui nut

Details Antiviral agent derived from the hull of the kukui nut Antiviral agent derived from the hull of the kukui nut

1990-02-16

1993-05-25

Rollins, John W.

Drug, bio-affecting and body treating compositions

Antigen, epitope, or other immunospecific immunoeffector

Conjugate or complex

A61K 3578

Patent

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052137988

ABSTRACT:
The use of the active ingredient present in the juice obtained from the green hull of the kukui nut for use as an antiviral pharmaceutical agent. This active ingredient is particularly useful in the topical treatment of viral infections, such as herpes simplex, genital herpes, genital warts, herpes zoster and chickenpox. The raw liquid juice, or the juice formulated in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, is topically administered to the surface lesion caused by the virus. Some components present of the active ingredient in the kukui nut hull juice include methyl esters of long chain fatty acids and their isomers.

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Hamilton, R., The Herpes Book, pp. 1-13 and 149, (1980) J. P. Tarcher, Los Angeles.
Hall, E. H., The Kukui and Its Use in Early Hawaiin Dentistry, Hawaii Dent. et al, 8+3 (1986).
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Viral Diseases, The Merck Manual, pp. 158-168 (1987), Fifteenth Edition.
Locke, D., Virus Diseases, pp. 1-6 (1978), Crown Publishers, Inc., N.Y.
Langston, D. P., Living with Herpes, pp. 1-11 (1983), Doubleday and Company, N.Y.

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