Patent ID: 8449924

Claim:
A method of treating wounds in a diabetic patient in need thereof comprising administering to said patient a pharmaceutical composition comprising a therapeutically effective amount of a Plectranthus amboinicus extract obtained by: a) contacting dried Plectranthus amboinicus leaves with 95% alcohol, filtering and repeating to provide two leaf extracts, wherein the two leaf extracts are mixed together to provide a Plectranthus amboinicus crude extract; b) concentrating the Plectranthus amboinicus crude extract; c) diluting the concentrated Plectranthus amboinicus crude extract with a high-polarity solvent to provide a diluted crude extract; d) adding the diluted crude extract to resin pre-treated with methanol, stirring and dipping in double distilled water to provide a first extract and resin; and further treating the spent resin to provide additional extracts by: i.) extracting the resin of (d) with a sub-high-polarity solvent and collecting a second extract; ii.) further extracting the resin of (i) with a medium-polarity solvent and collecting a third extract and spent resin; and iii.) further extracting the resin of (ii) with a low-polarity solvent and collecting a fourth extract; and e) obtaining the Plectranthus amboinicus extract, wherein the Plectranthus amboinicus extract contains one or more extracts selected from the first, second, third and fourth extracts; and wherein the composition optionally further comprises a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, diluent or excipient.