Oestrogen fatty acid monoester as a hypolipidaemic and antidiabetic agent

• Main Authors: FERNANDEZ LOPEZ JOSE ANTONIO, LAMANA MARIANO ALEMANY, REMESAR BETLLOCH FRANCISCO JAVIER
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 15.07.2004
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: CHEMISTRY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ORMEDICINAL PREPARATIONS; STEROIDS

Oleoyl estrone or estrone monooleate is a fatty-acid monoester of an estrogen which appear to be useful for the preparation of a medicament for the treatment and/or profilaxis of a human suffering from a metabolic disease selected from the group consisting of diabetes mellitus type 2, hyperlipidemia (hypertriacylglyceridemia, hyperlipoproteinemia, hypercholesterolemia) and the Metabolic Syndrome X associated with glucose intolerance, hyperinsulinemia, or insulin resistance. Compared with insulin, oleoyl-estrone has the advantage of being aministered orally. The effectiveness of oleoyl-estrone as oral antidiabetic is conspicuous since it does not act as a simple hypoglycemic agent, but goes to the root of the problem lowering insulin resistance. The additional hypolipemic effect allows to extend its use for the treatment of dislipemias.