Fatty acid esters as bioactive compounds

• Main Authors: PHILLIP KNOWLES, PETER REDDEN, MEHAR MANKU, DAVID FREDERICK HORROBIN, AUSTIN MCMORDIE, ANDREA PITT
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 21.11.1996
• Edition: 6
• Subjects: ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; ACYCLIC, CARBOCYCLIC OR HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS CONTAININGELEMENTS OTHER THAN CARBON, HYDROGEN, HALOGEN, OXYGEN, NITROGEN,SULFUR, SELENIUM OR TELLURIUM; CHEMISTRY; DAIRY PRODUCTS, e.g. MILK, BUTTER, CHEESE; FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS; FOODS, FOODSTUFFS, OR NON-ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, NOT COVERED BYSUBCLASSES A23B - A23J; HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MAKING THEREOF; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; MILK OR CHEESE SUBSTITUTES; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; PRESERVATION OF FOODS OR FOODSTUFFS, IN GENERAL; SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ORMEDICINAL PREPARATIONS; STEROIDS; THEIR PREPARATION OR TREATMENT, e.g. COOKING, MODIFICATION OFNUTRITIVE QUALITIES, PHYSICAL TREATMENT; THEIR TREATMENT, NOT COVERED BY OTHER CLASSES

The invention relates to compounds of formula: wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of fatty acid acyl groups of 12 to 30 carbon atoms and fatty alcohol groups of 12 to 30 carbon atoms, and wherein R2 is selected from the group consisting of H, fatty acid acyl of 12 to 30 carbon atoms and fatty alcohol groups of 12 to 30 carbon atoms, the same as or different from R1, and the residue of a nutrient, drug, or other bioactive compound, and to the use of these compounds to deliver drugs and other bioactive compounds.