Treatment of skin disorders
AssigneeHadasit Medical Research Services and Development Ltd.
InventorsMark Pines, Arnon Nagler
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Abstract
An effective treatment for skin disorders characterized by abnormal skin cell behavior, including a pharmaceutically effective amount of Halofuginone. Skin disorders which can be treated include keloids, hypertrophic scars, psoriasis, acne, seborrhea and alopecia. Halofuginone can reduce or eliminate clinical symptoms of these disorders, as well as substantially prevent the formation of keloids and hypertrophic scars.
Claims6
A method for the treatment of psoriasis in a subject, the method comprising the step of administering to the subject a pharmaceutically effective amount of a compound having a formula:
- wherein:
- R1 is a member of the group consisting of hydrogen, halogen, nitro, benzo, lower alkyl, phenyl and lower alkoxy;
- R2 is a member of the group consisting of hydroxy, acetoxy and lower alkoxy, and
- R3 is a member of the group consisting of hydrogen and lower alkenoxy-carbonyl.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.