Medical uses of trioxolane and diperoxide compounds
AssigneeCliveden Ltd.
InventorStephen Herman
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method of medical treatment for a medical condition in a mammal. In this method, a pharmacologically effective amount for treatment of the condition of a trioxolane or a diperoxide of a non-terpene unsaturated hydrocarbon is applied to the mammal. The invention also provides methods of modulating the immune system in a mammal, of treating inflammation of a tissue in a mammal, and of treating bacterial, fungal, protozoal and viral infections in a mammal.
Claims11
A pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of a medical condition in a mammal, comprising a pharmaceutically effective amount for treatment of said condition of a diperoxide derivative of a non-terpene unsaturated hydrocarbon in a pharmaceutically acceptable, non-aqueous carrier wherein said derivative is prepared by passing ozone through said hydrocarbon under conditions that provide for intimate contact between said hydrocarbon and said ozone at a temperature of 35.degree. C. or below.
A pharmaceutical composition for the treatment of a medical condition in a mammal, comprising a pharmaceutically effective amount for treatment of said condition of a trioxolane derivative of a non-terpene unsaturated hydrocarbon in a pharmaceutically acceptable, non-aqueous carrier wherein said derivative is prepared by passing ozone through said hydrocarbon under conditions that provide for intimate contact between said hydrocarbon and said ozone at a temperature of below 20.degree. C.
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