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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:
Oct. 16, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 05, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles E. Elson, Madison, WI (US);
Huanbiao Mo, Madison, WI (US);
Assignee:
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 3/712 ; A01N 3/710 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 3/712 ; A01N 3/710 ;
Abstract
A method of inhibiting or preventing the growth of tumor cells is disclosed. In one embodiment, this method comprises the step of administering a compound selected from the group consisting of citracetal, citral dimethyl acetal, citral diethyl acetal, geranyl benzoate, geranyl tiglate, geranyl anthranilate, farnesyl benzoate, farnesyl anthranilate, farnesyl tiglate, farnesyl acetate and combinations thereof to a human tumor patient, wherein the amount is effective to reduce or inhibit tumor growth by at least 50%.