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Title: Antihypertensive neutral lipid

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5578512

A method is described for treating a warm-blooded animal comprising administering to the animal a neutral glycerolipid with a 12 to 20 carbon alkyl group at the sn-1 position, a short carbon chain acyl group at the sn-2 position and a hydroxyl group at the sn-3 position in an amount sufficient to lower the arterial blood pressure of the animal. A method is also described for treating a warm-blooded animal comprising administering a composition consisting essentially of a 1-alkyl-2-acetyl (or propionyl)-sn glycerol in combination with a 1-alkyl-2-acetyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine, wherein the 1-alkyl groups contain 12 to 20 carbon atoms, dissolved in an inert pharmaceutically acceptable solvent in amounts sufficient to lower the arterial blood pressure of the animal.

Assignee:
Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC
Patent Number(s):
US 4595681
OSTI ID:
5578512
Resource Relation:
Patent File Date: Filed date 26 Oct 1984
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English