AU Patent

AU647528B2 — Treatment process for promoting weight loss employing a substituted delta5-androstene

Assigned to Humanetics Corp · Expires 1994-03-24 · 32y expired

What this patent protects

A method for controlling weight gain or promoting weight loss which includes the step of treating a subject with an effective weight gain controlling or weight loss promoting amount of a substituted (Delta)5-Androstene which is biologically effective for controlling weight gain o…

USPTO Abstract

A method for controlling weight gain or promoting weight loss which includes the step of treating a subject with an effective weight gain controlling or weight loss promoting amount of a substituted (Delta)5-Androstene which is biologically effective for controlling weight gain or promoting weight loss and biologically ineffective for promoting the synthesis of sex hormones. Steroids believed to provide the desired weight control/weight loss characteristics include: (Delta)5-Androstene-3(beta),7(alpha)-diol-17-one (Delta)5-Androstene-3(beta)-ol-7,17-dione (Delta)5-Androstene-3(beta),7(alpha),17-triol (Delta)5-Androstene-3(beta),17(beta)-diol-7-one and various derivatives thereof.

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Patent Metadata

Patent number
AU647528B2
Jurisdiction
AU
Classification
—
Expires
1994-03-24
Drug substance claim
No
Drug product claim
No
Assignee
Humanetics Corp
Source
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