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Title:
PREVENTIVE OR THERAPEUTIC AGENT FOR PRURITIC DERMATOLOGICAL DISEASE
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP2007169177
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To obtain a preventive or therapeutic agent for pruritic dermatological diseases having little adverse effects by suppressing itching sensation accompanied by the pruritic dermatological disorders such as atopic dermatitis, urticaria, contact dermatitis, xerosis, prurigo and the like, especially the preventive or therapeutic agent for atopic dermatitis.

Centipeda minima is found to strongly suppress peripheral nerve extension induced with NGF by evaluating suppression effect to the peripheral nerve extension induced with NGF by using PC12 cells frequently used for evaluating the nerve cells, as they have very similar properties to those of the nerve cells. Therefore, (1) the preventive or therapeutic agent for the pruritic dermatological disorders containing Centipeda minima and (2) the preventive or therapeutic agent for atopic dermatitis containing Centipeda minima, are provided.


Inventors:
TAKANO KENICHI
KURACHI MICHIO
OHASHI TOMONORI
Application Number:
JP2005365743A
Publication Date:
July 05, 2007
Filing Date:
December 20, 2005
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Assignee:
TAISHO PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD
International Classes:
A61K36/28; A61P17/04; A61P37/08
Domestic Patent References:
JP2005143502A2005-06-09
Other References:
JPN6011063066; 'Biologically active constituents of Centipeda minima: isolation of a new plenolin ester and the anti' Chemical & pharmaceutical bulletin 33(9), 1985, 4091-4
JPN6011063067; Wu, Jin Bin et al: 'Biologically active constituents of Centipeda minima:  sesquiterpenes of potential antiallergy activ' Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin 39(12), 1991, 3272-5
JPN6011063068; 上田 勇輝 他: 'NC/Ngaマウスのダニ抗原感作によるアトピー性皮膚炎モデルの作製と抗アレルギー薬の効果' アレルギー 54(8/9), 2005, 1028
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Sotori Soichi