US 7,387,781 B2
Agents for treating osteoporosis and inhibiting osteoclast formation
Shigetoshi Kadota, Tomaya (Japan); Yoshinobu Hashimoto, Fujisawa (Japan); and Chia-Chin Sheu, Kuei Shan Hsiang (Taiwan)
Assigned to Simpson Biotech Co., Ltd., Taoyuan (Taiwan)
Filed on Apr. 16, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/825,585.
Claims priority of application No. 2003-112655 (JP), filed on Apr. 17, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2005/0013830 A1, Jan. 20, 2005
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A61K 36/068 (2006.01); A61P 19/10 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 424—195.15 5 Claims
 
1. A composition for treating osteoporosis comprising a dried powder of culture of Cordyceps sinensis as an effective ingredient, wherein said dried powder comprises a water extract of a residue produced by organic solvent extraction of culture of Cordyceps sinensis, wherein the organic solvent comprises diethyl ether.