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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2016
Applicant:
Chun-ching Shih, Taichung, TW;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/56 (2006.01); A61K 31/575 (2006.01); A61K 36/07 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/575 (2013.01); A61K 36/07 (2013.01); Y02P 20/582 (2015.11);
Abstract
The present invention provides a method for treating diabetes, hyperlipidemia or hepatic total lipids by using ergostatrien-3β-ol and its derivatives, as well as a method for decreasing blood glucose and HbA1c levels and reducing blood total cholesterol and triglyceride levels, whereas increasing blood HDL-C levels; and a method for decreasing hepatic total lipid and triacylglycerol levels; and increasing expression levels of membrane glucose transporter 4 (GLUT4) and phospho-Akt in skeletal muscle tissue, and phospho-AMPK in both skeletal muscle and liver tissue using ergostatrien-3β-ol and its derivatives.