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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 1994
Filed:
May. 06, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kathryn F LaNoue, Hershey, PA (US);
Assignee:
The Pennsylvania Research Corporation, University Park, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A23K / ; A23K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424442 ; 424464 ; 514261 ; 514263 ; 514866 ; 514909 ;
Abstract
There is disclosed a method of treating obesity in warm-blooded animals, including humans, as well as a method of increasing the muscle mass to fat ratio in farm animals. The methods entail administering to an animal in need thereof, an effective amount of certain 8-phenylxanthines substituted in the 3- or 4-position of the phenyl group by an alkenylene, alkenyleneoxy, alkynylene or alkynyleneoxy bearing a terminal acetic grouping.