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Table 12 Patents concerning plants known to Indigenous Peoples

From: Trends in intellectual property rights protection for medical cannabis and related products

Plant

Title

Assignee

Patent doc. number

Oubli (Pentadiplandra brazzeana

Brazzein sweetener (US5326580A - Brazzein sweetener - Google Patents n.d.)

Wisconsin Alumni Res.Found.

US5326580

Azadirachta indica (Neem)

Fungicidal compositions derived from neem oil and neem wax fractions (US5409708A - Fungicidal compositions derived from neem oil and neem wax fractions - Google Patents n.d.)

W.R. Grace

US5409708A

Hoodia Plant Hoodia gordonii

Pharmaceutical composition having appetite suppressant activity (US6376657B1 - Pharmaceutical compositions having appetite suppressant activity - Google Patents n.d.)

Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

US6376657

Hoodia Plant Hoodia gordonii

Processes for production of Hoodia plant extracts containing steroidal glycosides (WO2008019920A1 - Processes for production of hoodia plant extracts containing steroidal glycosides - Google Patents n.d.)

Unilever

WO2008019920A1