Lupeol anti-tumor agent and uses thereof
AssigneeWisconsin Alumni Research Foundation
InventorsHasan Mukhtar, Mohammad Saleem Bhat
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Abstract
The present invention provides methods for the prevention, treatment and/or alleviation of skin disorders and skin cancers and prevention, treatment and/or alleviation of prostate cancer and pancreatic cancer by administering a Lupeol-derived anti-tumor compound. The invention further provides pharmaceutical and nutraceutical compositions containing Lupeol-derived anti-tumor compounds.
Claims5
A method of treating prostate cancer comprising parenterally administering to a human in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a parenteral composition comprising an anticancer compound having the formula:
- or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and,
- a parenteral vehicle,
- wherein the compound treats prostate cancer in a dose dependent manner.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.