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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2018
Filed:
May. 07, 2013
Joachim Hans, Holzminden, DE;
Torsten Grothe;
Joachim Hans, Holzminden, DE;
Kathrin Reinhardt, Münster, DE;
Torsten Grothe, Affoltern am Albis, CH;
Ingo Wöhrle, Dortmund, DE;
Jana Moldenhauer, Dortmund, DE;
Bärbel Köpcke, Dortmund, DE;
Thomas Küper, Reken, DE;
Jens Bitzer, Dortmund, DE;
Prairie Berry Europe GmbH, Hannover, DE;
Abstract
The present invention relates to certain polyhydroxylated pentacyclic triterpene acids of formula (I) for use as HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors in the prophylactic and/or therapeutic treatment of a disease, disorder or condition that responds to a reduction of the HMG-CoA reductase activity in a mammal, preferably a human being. The present invention further relates to certain mixtures and plant extracts comprising euscaphic acid and tormentic acid, wherein the amount of euscaphic acid to tormentic acid exceeds a certain ratio. Further, the present invention also relates to a formulation, preferably pharmaceutical or nutraceutical formulation, comprising one or more of said compounds of formula (I), a composition according to the present invention or a plant extract according to the present invention. Also, the present invention relates to a process for obtaining certain polyhydroxylated pentacyclic triterpene acids of formula (I), a composition according to the present invention or a plant extract according to the present invention.