Anti-inflammatory agent containing rare fatty acid
AssigneesKyoto University, Nitto Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd.
InventorsJun OGAWA, Shigenobu KISHINO, Teruo KAWADA, Nobuyuki TAKAHASHI, Tsuyoshi GOTO, Tatsuya SUGAWARA, Yasunori YONEJIMA
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Abstract
The present invention provides an anti-inflammatory agent containing a rare fatty acid such as hydroxylated fatty acid, oxo fatty acid and the like, and further, food, pharmaceutical product and the like containing the anti-inflammatory agent.
Claims17
-14. (canceled)
A method for the prophylaxis or treatment of an inflammatory disease, comprising administering to a patient an effective amount of a fatty acid that is
- (1) a fatty acid having 18 carbon atoms and a hydroxyl group or carbonyl group at the 10-position,
- (2) a fatty acid having 18 carbon atoms and a hydroxyl group or carbonyl group at the 13-position,
- (3) a fatty acid having 18 or 20 carbon atoms and a hydroxyl group or carbonyl group at the 12-position,
- (4) a fatty acid having 20 carbon atoms and a hydroxyl group or carbonyl group at the 15-position, or
- (5) a fatty acid having 16 carbon atoms and a hydroxyl group or carbonyl group at the 10-position.
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A method for inhibiting M1 macrophage, comprising administering to a patient an effective amount of a fatty acid that is
- (1) a fatty acid having 18 carbon atoms and a hydroxyl group or carbonyl group at the 10-position,
- (2) a fatty acid having 18 carbon atoms and a hydroxyl group or carbonyl group at the 13-position,
- (3) a fatty acid having 18 or 20 carbon atoms and a hydroxyl group or carbonyl group at the 12-position,
- (4) a fatty acid having 20 carbon atoms and a hydroxyl group or carbonyl group at the 15-position, or
- (5) a fatty acid having 16 carbon atoms and a hydroxyl group or carbonyl group at the 10-position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.