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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2015
Applicant:
National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, TW;
Inventors:
Shuk-Man Ka, Taipei, TW;
Ann Chen, Taipei, TW;
Kuo-Feng Hua, I-Lan, TW;
Kuo-Ping Chao, Chiayi County, TW;
Shun-Min Yang, Taipei, TW;
Assignee:
National Defense Medical Center, Taipei, TW;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/37 (2006.01); A61K 45/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/37 (2013.01); A61K 45/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention relates to use of osthole for manufacturing a composition for treating focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS). Particularly, the present invention discloses that osthole is effective in treating focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS), which can alleviate various symptoms and signs of FSGS, including proteinuria, renal fibrosis, glomerular epithelial hyperplasia lesion (EPHL), and macrophage/lymphocyte infiltration in the kidney, etc.