Abstract:
A nutritional, cosmetic or pharmaceutical formulation comprising esters of polyethylene glycol in which the polyethylene glycol chain is terminated at one end by a polyunsaturated fatty acyl group, preferably C18-C22 and at the other end by a C1-C4 alkyl group, preferably a methyl group.
Abstract:
A method of treating pain by the co-administration of an antidepressant together with one or more precursors or inducers of neurotransmitters, particularly amino acids selected from L-phenylalanine, L-tyrosine, L-tryptophan and L-DOPA.
Abstract:
Compounds, compositions, and methods of use as a pharmaceutical, where the compounds have structure (I), where B is --C(.dbd.O)-- or --CH.sub.2 --O--, C is a direct bond or is a diol residue, a hydroxy-substituted carboxylic acid residue, or a dicarboxylic acid residue, and D is a fatty acid residue or a fatty alcohol residue, where the acid residues or alcohol residues for ester linkages with the corresponding alcohols or acids.
Abstract:
Analysis of the huntington gene provides a method for identifying patients likely to respond to treatment of Huntington's disease with eicosapentaenoic acid, EPA.
Abstract:
A method of treating pain by the co-administration of an antidepressant together with one or more precursors or inducers of neurotransmitters, particularly amino acids selected from L-phenylalanine, L-tyrosine, L-tryptophan and L-DOPA.
Abstract:
A variety of conditions is known wherein vitamin B12 is deficient, or wherein the administration of vitamin B12 is beneficial. Classically, once detected and if appropriate, these have been treated by the parenteral administration of vitamin B12 as oral administration is believed to be ineffective. Available oral preparations of vitamin B12 all contain cyanocobalamin which is less desirable than hydroxocobalamin. In accordance with the invention, effective oral formulations are provided which include, in addition to the hydroxocobalamin, folic acid or other folate precursor. The formulation for oral administration should be such as to provide, for a given daily dose, 0.5 to 59 mg hydroxocobalamin and 0.5 to 50 mg folic acid.
Abstract:
The invention relates to compounds of formula: wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of fatty acid acyl groups of 12 to 30 carbon atoms and fatty alcohol groups of 12 to 30 carbon atoms, and wherein R2 is selected from the group consisting of H, fatty acid acyl of 12 to 30 carbon atoms and fatty alcohol groups of 12 to 30 carbon atoms, the same as or different from R1, and the residue of a nutrient, drug, or other bioactive compound, and to the use of these compounds to deliver drugs and other bioactive compounds.
Abstract:
Use of 6-desaturated n-6 fatty acids, especially gammalinolenic acid (GLA), dihomogammalinolenic acid (DGLA) or arachidonic acid (AA), together with a pharmaceutically acceptable material reducing intracellular levels of sorbitol in the body, particularly an aldose reductase inhibitor, in the treatment of (including prophylactic treatment), and in the preparation of medicaments for the treatment of (including prophylactic treatment), the long-term complications of diabetes mellitus. Pharmaceutical compositions of said materials. The ascorbate esters of 6-desaturated n-6 fatty acids (other than GLA or DGLA) per se.
Abstract:
This invention relates to the treatment of depression by administering a composition of essential fatty acids of eicosapentaenoic (EPA) and steraridonic (SA) acids.
Abstract:
Eicosapentaenoic acid or any appropriate derivative (EPA) is disclosed in combination with arachidonic acid (AA) or an AA precursor, selected from DGLA and GLA, to give a pharmaceutical formulation.