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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 08, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2004
Samuel Fournier Lockwood, Lake Linden, MI (US);
Sean O'malley, Honolulu, HI (US);
David G. Watumull, Honolulu, HI (US);
Laura M. Hix, San Francisco, CA (US);
Henry Jackson, Honolulu, HI (US);
Geoff Nadolski, Kaaawa, HI (US);
Samuel Fournier Lockwood, Lake Linden, MI (US);
Sean O'Malley, Honolulu, HI (US);
David G. Watumull, Honolulu, HI (US);
Laura M. Hix, San Francisco, CA (US);
Henry Jackson, Honolulu, HI (US);
Geoff Nadolski, Kaaawa, HI (US);
Cardax Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Aiea, HI (US);
Abstract
A method of treating ischemic reperfusion injury in a subject. The method may include administering to the subject an effective amount of a pharmaceutically acceptable formulation. The pharmaceutically acceptable formulation may include a synthetic analog or derivative of a carotenoid. The subject may be administered a carotenoid analog or derivative, either alone or in combination with another carotenoid analog or derivative, or co-antioxidant formulation. The carotenoid analog may include a conjugated polyene with between 7 to 14 double bonds. The conjugated polyene may include a cyclic ring including at least one substituent. In some embodiments, a cyclic ring of a carotenoid analog or derivative may include at least one substituent. The substituent may be coupled to the cyclic ring with an ester functionality.