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Combination medications containing alpha-lipoic acid and related

US5569670A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Asta Medica Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Carl-Heinrich Weischer · Bonn, DE
Heinz Ulrich · Niedernberg, DE
Klaus Wessel · Frankfurt, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 14, 1995
Grant date	Oct 29, 1996
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 14, 2015

Classification

Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
CPC primaryA61K31/525
WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A pharmaceutical composition containing alpha-lipoic acid, dihydrolipoic acid, metabolites of alpha-lipoic acid (inter alia bisnortetralipoic acid and tetranorlipoic acid), optical isomers R- and S- forms of alpha-lipoic acid in oxidized and reduced form together with a vitamin, especially vitamins A, B1, B2, B6, B12, C and E and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts. The compositions are useful for producing analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antidiabetic, cytoprotective, anti-ulcer, antinecrotic, neuroprotective, detoxifying, anti-ischemic, liver function regulating, anti-allergic, immune-stimulating and antioncogenic effects.

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