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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:
Jan. 22, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 10, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mark Obukowicz, Kirkwood, MO (US);
Ayman Kabakibi, Creve Coeur, MO (US);
Susan L. Green, St. Ann, MO (US);
Lisa M. Olson, Richmond Heights, MO (US);
Julie Lindemann, El Cerrito, CA (US);
Assignee:
Monsanto Technology, LLC, St. Louis, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/120 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/120 ;
Abstract
Cancer in a mammal can be treated or prevented by administering to a mammal in need thereof a cancer inhibiting amount of metabolite(s) of &agr;-linolenic acid, such as stearidonic acid (18:4 n-3), eicosatetraenoic acid (20:4 n-3), docosaptentaenic acid (22:5 n-3) and mixtures thereof, especially metabolites including stearidonic acid.