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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:
Nov. 25, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 16, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Wayne D Inman, Belmont, CA (US);
Michael John Reed, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Assignee:
Shaman Pharmaceuticals, Inc., South San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514691 ; 568368 ;
Abstract
A novel hypoglycemically active triterpenoid compound isolated in purified, preferably substantially purified, form from Salacia spp., processes for obtaining the novel triterpenoid compound, compositions comprising the triterpenoid compound and methods for use a hypoglycemic agent, for example, in the treatment of diabetes, are described. In a preferred embodiment, the triterpenoid compound is obtained from Salacia prinoides. As an agent for the treatment of diabetes, the novel triterpenoid is useful for treating insulin-dependent (type I) and/or non-insulin-dependent (type II) diabetes.