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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2000
Nazarius S. Lamango, Tallahassee, FL (US);
Clivel G. Charlton, Tallahassee, FL (US);
Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University, Tallahassee, FL (US);
Abstract
A method for treatment of a mammalian neurological disease characterized by impaired neuromodulator function, the method comprises administering a therapeutically effective amount of a composition including a compound of a prenylcysteine or an analog thereof in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The compound comprises a prenylcysteine or analog thereof selected from farnesylcysteine, N-acetylfarnesylcysteine, N-acetylgeranylcysteine, N-acetylfanesylcysteine, N-acetylgeranylcysteine, farnesyl-2-mercaptoethanesulfonic acid, farnesylthioacetic acid, and farnesylmercaptosuccinic acid.