Products with Natural Components to Heal Dermal Burns: A Patent Review

Title:Products with Natural Components to Heal Dermal Burns: A Patent Review

Volume: 9 Issue: 3

Author(s): Aida Carla Santana de Melo Costa, Karen Perez Pereira Ramos, Mairim Russo Serafini, Fernanda Oliveira de Carvalho, Luciana Garcez Barretto Teixeira, Diogo Costa Garcao, Saravanan Shanmugam, Adriano Antunes de Souza Araujo and Paula Santos Nunes

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Keywords: Burn, cell proliferation, dermal healing, innovative products, natural products, synthetic products.

Abstract: Background: Burns are a global public health problem, and non-fatal burn injuries are a leading cause of morbidity. The scale of the problem has led researchers to seek to develop new prod- ucts (both synthetic and natural) for use in the treatment of burn lesions.

Objective: The aim of this study was to examine all patents in databases between 2010 and 2015 related to natural prod- ucts for the treatment of burn-related wounds that targeted tissue repair and healing.

Method: The search term “burn” and the code A61K36/00 (plant and other natural derivatives used in medicinal prepara- tions) from the international classification of patents were used to identify treatments.

Results: The search was performed in the WIPO, ESPACENET and USPTO databases. The highest number of patent ap- plications was found in the WIPO data base (617), followed by ESPACENET(23) and USPTO(6). The USA and China were the countries with the most patent applications, and 2008 was the year that had the highest number of applications. Patent applications written in Spanish, English and Portuguese and that were published between 2010 and 2015 were se- lected. 559 patent applications in other languages, and 63 that did not result in the creation of new products between 2010 and 2015 were excluded and the remaining 13 patents application were selected for full reading of the text.

Conclusion: Through this study we were able to identify and summarize the new active natural compounds that can be used in the treatment of burns, both in terms of tissue recovery and analgesia.

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Santana de Melo Costa Aida Carla, Pereira Ramos Karen Perez, Russo Serafini Mairim, Oliveira de Carvalho Fernanda, Barretto Teixeira Luciana Garcez, Costa Garcao Diogo, Shanmugam Saravanan, de Souza Araujo Adriano Antunes and Santos Nunes Paula, Products with Natural Components to Heal Dermal Burns: A Patent Review, Recent Patents on Biotechnology 2015; 9 (3) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1872208310666160517114832