Patent ID: 6416794
Filing Date: 2002-07-09
Classification: A61K,A61P

Abstract:
A method for the treatment of cataracts in a mammal, the method comprises administering to the mammal an effective amount of a composition containing natural chromium, chromium complexes or glucose tolerance factor extracts isolated from natural sources including yeast or saltbush, wherein said composition is prepared by a process comprising the steps of:(a) mixing water extracts obtained from said natural sources with a mixture of polar organic solvents selected from the group consisting of ethanol, methanol and acetanitrile, and a non-polar organic solvent selected from the group consisting of butanol, chloroform and hexane, to produce a suspension; (b) allowing the suspension to first separate into a nonpolar phase and a polar phase, and then collecting the polar phase; (c) subjecting the polar phase to an ethanol extraction, whereby an active eluate is collected; and (d) subjecting the active eluate from (c) to a methanol extraction to obtain an active extracted composition.