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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. 17, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 10, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Wayne DeWald Inman, Belmont, CA (US);
Jian Luo, Brisbane, CA (US);
Assignee:
Shaman Pharmaceuticals, Inc., South San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; A61K / ; A61K / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4241951 ; 514-3 ; 514-4 ; 514323 ; 514369 ; 514635 ; 514680 ; 514884 ; 552271 ;
Abstract
The use of extracts from Harungana or Vismia spp. or anthracenone compounds harunganin and vismin contained therein or isolated therefrom as hypoglycemic agents, as well as methods for obtaining the hypoglycemic agents are described. According to a preferred embodiment, the extracts are derived from H. madagascariensis. As hypoglycemic agents, the extracts or anthracenone compounds harunganin and vismin are useful for treating insulin-dependent (type I) and non-insulin-dependent (type II) diabetes.