EXTRACT OF COMMON LICORICE, POSSESSING ANTITUBERCULOUS ACTIVITY Russian patent published in 2009 - IPC A61K36/484 A61P31/06 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: extract of common licorice, possessing antituberculous activity, is received by extraction of herb or roots of common licorice Glycyrrhiza glabra 40% by ethyl alcohol at a parity 1:5 and an extract conditioning in a dark place at a room temperature within 10 days with the subsequent filtering and autoclave treatment. Thus the extract from an underground part contains 20-30% of a glycyrrhizin and salts of Ca and K of glycyrrhizic acid, 10-20% glycyrrhetinic acid, 40-50% of flavonoids (liquiritin, flavin, flavonols, flavones), 10-15% of tannins, lectin proteins and carbohydrates and an extract from a herb contains 20-25% of triterpene saponin, 30-45% of flavonols (quercetin, tempferol), 25-40% of flavonoids (halkanes, aurones), 10-15% of C-glycosides, coumarins and lectin proteins. Extract application of common licorice as an agent possessing antituberculous activity and a way of reception of a common licorice extract under item 1, consisting that land or underground parts of common licorice Glycyrrhiza glabra are extracted using 40% ethyl alcohol at a parity 1:5, the extract is further maintained in a dark place at a room temperature within 10 days is offered also, filtered and autoclaved under the pressure of 0.3-0.5 atm. within 15-30 minutes.

EFFECT: agent on the basis of a common licorice extract can be an addition to complex antituberculous therapy.

3 cl, 7 ex, 7 dwg, 1 tbl