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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2004
K. Sree Kumar, Rockville, MD (US);
Venkataraman Srinivasan, Germantown, MD (US);
Thomas M. Seed, Bethesda, MD (US);
Andreas Papas, Jonesborough, TN (US);
K. Sree Kumar, Rockville, MD (US);
Venkataraman Srinivasan, Germantown, MD (US);
Thomas M. Seed, Bethesda, MD (US);
Andreas Papas, Jonesborough, TN (US);
Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine, Inc., Rockville, MD (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to methods for the prevention and treatment of a mammal from radiation-induced internal injury using γ-tocotrienol, α-tocopherol succinate or γ-tocotrienol succinate. Specifically, the present invention relates to methods for preventing and treating radiation-induced injuries in a mammal by (1) subcutaneous, intramuscular, intraperitoneal, or intravascular injection of a therapeutically effective amount of γ-tocotrienol; or (2) oral administration of a therapeutically effective amount of α-tocopherol succinate or γ-tocotrienol succinate or both.