Hibiscus and Extracts Thereof As Antihcv Inhibitors

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Hibiscus and Extracts Thereof as Anti-HCV Inhibitors

Contact:  
Deborah Perez
Senior Licensing Manager
848-932-4467
deborah.perez@rutgers.edu

Inventors:
James Simon
Qingli Wu
Neerja Kaushik-Basu

Rutgers ID:
2012-099

Invention Summary:
Faculty at Rutgers have developed a drug screening
Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) is an RNA virus causing method to identify novel HCV NS5B inhibitors derived
persistent liver infections that can progress to chronic from plant products that can supplement existing anti-
hepatitis, cirrhosis, and in some cases cancer of the liver. HCV treatments. In addition, this invention also provides
With an estimated 170-200 million people infected with a potential anti-HCV therapy using seventeen plant-
HCV worldwide, HCV infection has become a major derived extracts and six fractionated bioactives from
public health concern both in developed and developing them.
countries. Current therapies against HCV with their
adverse side effects, are not only expensive and limited Market Applications:
in efficacy against the various HCV genotypes, but also
A formula combining certain plant extracts or
give rise to mutant viruses. Therefore, there is an urgent combination of them for improving outcome of HCV
need for developing improved antiviral agents against patients synergistically with current treatments.
HCV that are more effective in targeting the virus without A method to identify compositions from natural
negatively impacting patient health.  plants which serve as an inhibitor of HCV NS5B.
A screening kit for identifying plant extracts or/and
The HCV NS5B RNA-dependent RNA polymerase fractionated bioactives with the property of inhibiting
(RdRp) is the key enzyme involved in the replication of HCV replication.
the viral genome and has no functional equivalent in
mammalian cells. For this reason, NS5B represents an Intellectual Property & Development Status:
attractive target for drug development.
Patent pending

Direct Link:
http://techfinder.rutgers.edu/tech/Hibiscus_and_Extracts_Thereof_as_Anti-HCV_ Inhibitors

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