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US 4,692,439 AGranted
Therapeutic use of tin diiododeuteroporphyrin
AssigneeThe Rockefeller University
InventorsDarryl Rideout, Attallah Kappas, George S. Drummond
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Abstract
Use of the novel compound tin diiododeuteroporphyrin and compositions containing it to inhibit heme metabolism in mammals, to control the rate of tryptophan metabolism in mammals, and to increase the rate at which heme and iron are excreted by mammals.
Claims1
A method of increasing the rate of tryptophan metabolism in the liver of humans in need of such increase which comprises parenteral administration of an amount of tin diiododueteroporphyrin which is effective to increase such rate.
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