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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:
Sep. 04, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 24, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Govind J. Kapadia, Potomac, MD (US);
Harunkuni Tokoda, Kyoto 602, JP;
Takao Konoshima, Kyoto 607, JP;
Midori Takasaki, Kyoto 602, JP;
Hoyoku Nishino, Kyoto 602, JP;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/135 ; A61K 3/141 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/135 ; A61K 3/141 ;
Abstract
A method of treating a group of mammals which have been topically exposed to a tumor promoter or a tumor initiator so as to reduce the percentage of mammals which exhibit formation of epidermal tumors. The topically exposed tissue is treated with an acetone solution containing a defined amount of a synthetic colorant. Preferably, the synthetic colorant is tartrazine or erythrosine B.