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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:
Oct. 10, 1995
Filed:
May. 17, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bharat B Aggarwal, Houston, TX (US);
Kapil Mehta, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Research Development Foundation, Carson City, NV (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514557 ; 514825 ; 514895 ; 514903 ;
Abstract
A novel method of inhibiting production of two important mediators of cellular function, tumor necrosis factor and nitric oxide, and treating a pathophysiological state characterized by an undesirable production or level of tumor necrosis factor or nitric acid. The methods of the present invention employ retinoic acid compounds. The most preferred retinoic acid is all-trans-retinoic acid.