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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 22, 2002
Applicants:
Brian Robert Walker, Edinburgh, GB;
Christopher Richard Watkin Edwards, London, GB;
Jonathan Robert Seckl, Edinburgh, GB;
Inventors:
Brian Robert Walker, Edinburgh, GB;
Christopher Richard Watkin Edwards, London, GB;
Jonathan Robert Seckl, Edinburgh, GB;
Assignee:
The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, GB;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/56 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
This invention relates to the interconversion of inactive 11-keto steroids with their active 11B-hydroxy equivalents, to methods by which the conversion of the inactive to the active form may be controlled, and to useful therapeutic effects which may be obtained as a result of such control. More specifically, but not exclusively, the invention is concerned with interconversion between cortisone and cortisol in humans.