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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 11, 1978
Filed:
Dec. 27, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
Claudio Cavazza, Rome, IT;
Assignee:
Sigma-Tau, , IT;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424266 ;
Abstract
A novel cysteine thiolactone of nicotinamide is disclosed having the formula: ##STR1## The compounds, homo-cysteine thiolactone of nicotinamide, and its pharmacologically acceptable salts have the useful pharmacological activity of lowering cholesterol, free fatty acid and triglyceride plasma level in the case of altered lipid metabolism and improving BSP clearance ratio in cases of liver injury. A synthesis of the compound from nicotinoyl chloride, hydrochloride or nicotinic acid esters is described as well as modes for the administration of the compound.