Long-chain alcohols, alkanes, fatty acids and amides in the treatment of burns and viral inhibition
US5952392A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 22, 1997 |
| Grant date | Sep 14, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 22, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61K31/20
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Therapeutic compositions including a nonionic surfactant combined with long chain fatty acids, alkanes, amides or mono-unsaturated alcohols, particularly stearyl alcohol, erucyl alcohol, brassidyl alcohol, arachidyl alcohol, n-docosane, n-docosanoic acid, erucamide and stearic acid, or mixtures thereof, as active ingredients are disclosed. Methods of preventing or treating viral infections, treating skin or membrane inflammation or inhibiting cell proliferation using such compositions are disclosed.
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