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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 24, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 19, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
David B. Agus, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Juan C. Vera, New York, NY (US);
David W. Golde, New York, NY (US);
Assignee:
Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/134 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/134 ;
Abstract
This invention provides a method for increasing the ascorbic acid concentration in brain tissues of a subject which comprises administering to the subject an amount of dehydroascorbic acid effective to increase the concentration of ascorbic acid in brain tissues. This invention also provides that the dehydroascorbic acid enters the tissues through the facilitative glucose transporter.