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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 02, 2018
Filed:
May. 19, 2011
Christopher M. Adams, Iowa City, IA (US);
Steven D. Kunkel, Iowa City, IA (US);
Manish Suneja, Coralville, IA (US);
Michael Welsh, Riverside, IA (US);
Christopher M. Adams, Iowa City, IA (US);
Steven D. Kunkel, Iowa City, IA (US);
Manish Suneja, Coralville, IA (US);
Michael Welsh, Riverside, IA (US);
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA RESEARCH FOUNDATION, Iowa City, IA (US);
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AS REPRESENTED BY VETERANS AFFAIRS, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
In one aspect, the invention relates methods for inhibiting or preventing muscle atrophy or increasing muscle mass by providing to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of ursolic acid, a derivative thereof, or an analog of the ursane scaffold. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.