	US 7,572,470 B2
	Licorice extract for use as a medicament
Luba Cohen, Kiriyat Yam (Israel); and Michael Aviram, Haifa (Israel)
Assigned to Ready-Made 37 Ltd., Tel-Aviv (Israel)
Filed on Sep. 20, 2001, as Appl. No. 9/955,933.
Claims priority of application No. 138603 (IL), filed on Sep. 21, 2000.
Prior Publication US 2002/0037332 A1, Mar. 28, 2002
Int. Cl. A61K 36/48 (2006.01); A01N 65/00 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 424—757 [424/725]

18 Claims

1. A method for lowering at least one risk factor in a patient suffering from said risk factor, comprising

identifying that said patient suffers from said at least one risk factor; and

administering to said patient a therapeutically effective amount of a licorice extract which is water-insoluble and free from glycyrrhizinic acid, thereby lowering said risk factor, wherein said at least one risk factor comprises a risk factor selected from the group consisting of high blood pressure, high blood glucose concentration, and high blood triglycerides concentration.