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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 2011
Filed:
May. 14, 2004
Applicants:
Laurence S. Harbige, London, GB;
Michael J. Leach, Kent, GB;
Mohammed Sharief, Kent, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
BTG International Limited, London, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/22 (2006.01); A61K 31/07 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Method for treating a patient in need of therapy for a neurodegenerative disease by administering to that patient a therapeutically effective dose of a triglyceride oil containing both γ-linolenic acid and linolenic acid residues as triglyceride ester. The ratio of γ-linolenic acid to linolenic acid residues at the sn-2 position of the triglyceride is at least 0.8. The amount of γ-linolenic acid residues at the sn-2 position is at least 18%. The oil is administered at a dose sufficient to maintain or elevate TGF-β1 levels in the patient at a therapeutic level.