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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:
Mar. 23, 1976
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mackenzie Walser, Ruxton, MD (US);
Assignee:
The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424274 ; 424317 ; 424319 ;
Abstract
Treatment of hepatic disorders, such as are characterized by hyperammonemia and portal-systemic encephalopathy, is advocated using compositions comprising keto analogs of certain essential amino acids. In the preferred embodiments, such compositions comprise the keto analogs of valine, phenylalanine, methionine, leucine and isoleucine.