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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:
May. 01, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 10, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
John M. Pezzuto, River Forest, IL (US);
Tapas K. DasGupta, River Forest, IL (US);
Darrick S. H. L. Kim, Chicago, IL (US);
Assignee:
The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Urbana, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/121 ; A61K 3/1165 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/121 ; A61K 3/1165 ;
Abstract
A composition and method of preventing or inhibiting tumor growth, and of treating malignant melanoma, without toxic side effects are disclosed. Betulinic acid or a betulinic acid derivative is the active compound of the composition, which is topically applied to the situs of tumor.