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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:
Feb. 01, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 18, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard C Franson, Richmond, VA (US);
Raphael M Ottenbrite, Midlothian, VA (US);
Assignee:
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
544173 ; 544170 ; 544171 ; 544175 ; 554 61 ; 554 63 ; 554103 ; 554108 ; 554109 ; 554110 ; 562512 ; 562553 ; 562567 ;
Abstract
Water or lipid soluble, pharmacologically active, antioxidant, anti-phospholipase compounds that are chemically defined. The compounds protect mammalian cells by inhibiting PLA.sub.2 and preventing oxidation. In particular, each compound has at least two fatty moieties and no active hydroxy group. The compound may also have at least one ionizable group, which may be a carboxyl group, and each of the fatty moieties has from sixteen to twenty carbon atoms and at least one cis-unsaturated double bond.