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EP 1 572 191 A1

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(43) Date of publication: 14.09.2005 Bulletin 2005/37 (21) Application number: 02781652.9 (22) Date of filing: 16.12.2002

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)7: A61K 31/235, A61P 35/00 (86) International application number: PCT/IB2002/005399 (87) International publication number: WO 2004/054569 (01.07.2004 Gazette 2004/27)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE SI SK TR Designated Extension States: AL LT LV MK RO (71) Applicant: COUNCIL OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH New Delhi 110 001 (IN)

(72) Inventors: KHANUJA,S.P.S.,Central Ins. Med. & Arom. Plants Uttar Pradesh (IN) TIRUPADIRIPULIYUR,RSK,C. Ins. Med. & Arom. Plants Uttar Pradesh (IN) GARG, A.,Central Ins. Med. & Arom. Plants Uttar Pradesh (IN) MISHRA, R.K.,Central Ins. Med. & Arom. Plants Uttar Pradesh (IN) CHATTOPADHYAY,SK,Central Ins. Med. & Arom. Plants Uttar Pradesh (IN) SRIVASTAVA, S.,Central Ins. Med. & Arom. Plants Uttar Pradesh (IN) NEGI, A.S., Central Ins. Med. & Arom. Plants Uttar Pradesh (IN) (74) Representative: Smyth, Gyles Darren  Marks & Clerk 90 Long Acre London WC2E 9RA London WC2E 9RA (GB)