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Method for preventing and treating cachexia

US5391376A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateSep 15, 1993
Grant dateFeb 21, 1995
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 15, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02A50/30
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to method for preventing or treating cachexia in a mammal based on the administration of a therapeutically effective amount of an anti-cachexia agent. Suitable agents include ADP-ribose-polymerase inhibitors, ADP-ribose-transferase inhibitors, NADase inhibitors, nicotinamide benzamide, theophylline, thymine and analogs thereof.

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