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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:
Aug. 20, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 29, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514547 ; 560170 ;
Abstract
The L-carnitine ester with gamma-hydroxybutyric acid and its pharmacologically acceptable salts of formula (I) ##STR1## wherein X.sup.- is the anion of a pharmacologically acceptable salt, e.g. chloride, bromide, orotate, acid aspartate, acid citrate, acid phosphate, acid fumarate, lactate, acid maleate, acid oxalate, acid sulfate and glucosephosphate are active in inhibiting neuronal degeneration (as it occurs in Alzheimer's senile dementia and Parkinson's disease) and in the treatment of coma.