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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2014
Ohio University, Athens, OH (US);
Kelly D. McCall, Athens, OH (US);
Frank L. Schwartz, Vienna, WV (US);
Douglas J. Goetz, Athens, OH (US);
Ramiro Malgor, Athens, OH (US);
Ohio University, Athens, OH (US);
Abstract
Methods for preventing, treating, and/or reducing the risk of developing non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in a subject in need thereof and pharmaceutical compositions for the prevention or treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. The methods include administering a therapeutically effective amount of phenylmethimazole, methimazole derivatives, and/or tautomeric cyclic thiones to the subject. The pharmaceutical composition includes phenylmethimazole, methimazole derivatives, and/or tautomeric cyclic thiones formulated for administration to a subject for the prevention or treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease.