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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2006
Filed:
May. 17, 2002
Rolf Berge, Bønes, NO;
Rolf Berge, Bønes, NO;
Other;
Abstract
The present invention relates to novel fatty acid analogues of the general formula (I): CH—[CH]—[x—CH]—COOR, wherein n is an integer from 1 to 12, and wherein m is an integer from 0 to 23, and wherein i is an odd number which indicates the position relative to COOR, and wherein Xindependent of each other are selected from the group comprising O, S, SO, SO, Se and CH, and wherein R represents hydrogen or C–Calkyl, with the proviso that at least one of the Xis not CH, or a salt, prodrug or complex thereof, for the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition for the treatment and/or prevention of primary and/or secondary stenosis. Further the present invention relates to the use of said compounds for the prevention and/or treatment of a disease caused by procedural vascular trauma and/or pathological proliferation of smooth muscle cells, and/or an increased level of plasma homocysteine.