USE OF BOSWELLIC ACIDS FOR THE PROPHYLAXIS AND/OR TREATMENT OF DAMAGE TO AND/OR INFLAMMATION OF THE ISLETS OF LANGERHANS

• Main Author: AMMON HERMANN P.T
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 22.03.2012
• Subjects: ACYCLIC OR CARBOCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; 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

Disclosed are methods and compositions related to the use of boswellic acids (such as acetyl-11-keto- -boswellic acid, 11-keto- -boswellic acid, -boswellic acid, acetyl- -boswellic acid, 9,11-dehydro- -boswellic acid, acetyl-9,11-dehydro- -boswellic acid, α-boswellic acid, acetyl-α-boswellic acid, 11-dehydro-α-boswellic acid, acetyl-9,11-dehydro-α-boswellic acid, lupeolic acid, acetyl lupeolic acid, 12-ursene-2-diketone, incensole, incensole acetate, a derivative, in particular an ester thereof, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a combination thereof, or a preparation containing one or more of these compounds) for the human medical or veterinary prophylaxis and/or treatment of: a) damage to and/or inflammation of the islets of Langerhans and/or b) damage to the B-cells of the islets of Langerhans.