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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2010
James E. Simon, Princeton, NJ (US);
Qing-li Wu, Annandale, NJ (US);
Wenbin Deng, Davis, CA (US);
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ (US);
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
This disclosure concerns novel methods for preventing or treating neurological or neurodegenerative diseases or disorders by usingbutter acid enriched extracts derived from the seeds of African nutmeg, the main active compounds isolated from the extracts, namely sargaquinoic acid, sargachromenol, and sargahydroquinoic acid, or synthetic analogs or derivatives thereof, as neuroprotective agents. The methods for preparing thebutter orbutter acid extracts and the methods for isolating and purifying the active compounds and for preparing their acetylated derivatives are also described.