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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 1996
Filed:
Jan. 25, 1995
James A Bianco, Seattle, WA (US);
Stuart L Bursten, Snoqualmie, WA (US);
Jack W Singer, Seattle, WA (US);
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
The specification discloses methods for modulating cellular metabolism in a subject, modulating being desirable to mitigate a condition of the subject. Disclosed methods include processes for administering to said subject an effective amount of a compound of the formula ##STR1## wherein one and only one of R.sup.1 and R.sup.3 is a straight-chain or branched-chain .omega.-hydroxyalkyl (5-8C), or is a branched-chain (.omega.-1)-hydroxyalkyl (5-8C), or is an (.omega.-1)-oxoalkyl (5-8C), or is an (.omega., .omega.-1) or (.omega.-1, .omega.-2)-dihydroxyalkyl (5-8C), or is an alkenyl substituent (5-8C), and the other is alkyl (1-12C) optionally containing one or two non-adjacent oxygen atoms in place of C.