GB Patent

GB2148713A — Pharmaceutical composition and food product comprising higher fatty acids

Assigned to Century Laboratories Inc · Expires 1985-06-05 · 41y expired

What this patent protects

A pharmaceutical composition includes a combination of eicosapentaenoic acid and/or docosahexaenoic acid together with one or more of dihomo- gamma -linolenic acid, cis-linoleic acid and gamma -linolenic acid. This particular combination of fatty acids may also be administered in…

USPTO Abstract

A pharmaceutical composition includes a combination of eicosapentaenoic acid and/or docosahexaenoic acid together with one or more of dihomo- gamma -linolenic acid, cis-linoleic acid and gamma -linolenic acid. This particular combination of fatty acids may also be administered in the form of a food product such as margarine or cooking oil. The composition causes lowering of blood cholesterol and triglyceride levels. The fatty acids used in this composition may be separated from mixtures thereof or from natural sources thereof by iodinating the double bonds in the starting fat or oil, saponifying, extracting the iodinated fatty acids, methylating and separating by column chromatography, and then deiodinating.

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Patent Metadata

Patent number
GB2148713A
Jurisdiction
GB
Classification
—
Expires
1985-06-05
Drug substance claim
No
Drug product claim
No
Assignee
Century Laboratories Inc
Source
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