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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2009
Filed:
May. 10, 2002
Tony Durst, Ottawa, CA;
Zulfiquar Merali, Ottawa, CA;
John T. Arnason, Ottawa, CA;
E. Pablo Sanchez-vindas, Heredia, CR;
Luis J. Poveda Alvarez, Alajuela, CR;
Tony Durst, Ottawa, CA;
Zulfiquar Merali, Ottawa, CA;
John T. Arnason, Ottawa, CA;
E. Pablo Sanchez-Vindas, Heredia, CR;
Luis J. Poveda Alvarez, Alajuela, CR;
University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, CA;
Abstract
Pharmaceutical compositions for preventing or treating anxiety, comprising betulinic acid or derivatives thereof are provided. Methods for preventing or treating anxiety with betulinic acid or derivatives thereof are also provided. The invention further provides betulinic-acid containing preparations of plants of the family Marcgraviaceae having anxiolytic activity and methods for making such extracts and using them to prevent or treat anxiety in a subject.