PHARMACEUTICAL AND DIETARY COMPOSITION CONTAINING .alpha.-LINOLEIC ACID
CA 1280370 C · Owner: Efamol Limited · Inventors: Casper, Robert; Horrobin, David Frederick
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Method of prevention or treatment of endometriosis wherein effective amounts of one or both of i) gamma-linolenic acid and/or dihomo-gamma-linolenic acid and ii) 18:4 n-3 and/or one or more of the metabolites of 18:4 n-3 (20:4 n-3 20:5 n-3, 22:5 n-3 or 22:6 n-3) are administered against endometriosis as such or in the form of an ester, salt amide or other derivative, convertible in the body thereto alone or in an acceptable, pharmaceutical carrier or diluent.
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- Granted February 19, 1991. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended February 19, 2008.
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