Patent ID: 11857592
Assignee: BIOLITE INC.
Field: Pharmaceuticals (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A method of treating attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) a method of treating attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), comprising administering a composition comprising an effective amount of a botanical extract to a subject in need thereof, wherein the botanical extraction is one or a combination of:
(i) a polar solvent extract from the dry root of Polygala tenuifolia Willd, wherein the polar solvent is water, a mixture of water and methanol, or a mixture of water and ethanol;
(ii) (ii) an aqueous fraction resulting from an organic solvent extraction of the polar solvent extract of (i);
(iii) (iii) an organic eluent obtained by introducing the polar solvent extract of (i) or the aqueous fraction of (ii) into a reverse phase chromatography column, and eluting the column with water and an organic solvent; and
(iv) (iv) a filtrate of the organic eluent (iii) having a molecular mass less than 30,000 Dalton,
wherein the composition is administered in a capsule comprising 380 mg of the Polygala tenuifolia Willd extract with a daily dose of 380-3800 mg.