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AssigneeHong Kong Baptist University
InventorsHongxi XU, Yunhui SHEN, Yuanzhi LAO, Kaixian CHEN, Dajian YANG, Shilin CHEN, Zhaoxiang BIAN, Aiping LU, Albert Sun Chi CHAN, Chengyuan LIN
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The present invention relates to a synthetic compound and its therapeutic uses. More particularly, it relates to a compound, Sodium Houttuyfonate, that is an addition compound of sodium bisulfite and houttuynin, and its biological activity of inhibiting idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and bleomycin induced pulmonary fibrosis
A method for treating or preventing pulmonary fibrosis in a subject in need thereof comprising administering to a subject a composition comprising at least one derivative compound from sodium bisulfite and houttuynin or the chemical equivalent thereof.
The method according to claim 2 wherein said derivative compound comprises sodium houttuyfonate or the chemical equivalent thereof.
A composition for treating or preventing pulmonary fibrosis in a subject in need thereof comprising at least one derivative compound from sodium bisulfite and houttuynin or the chemical equivalent thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.