Abstract: A method for treating premenstrual dysphoric disorder comprises administering a therapeutically effective amount of a gestagen. Optionally, a natural or synthetic estrogen is also administered. In one embodiment, the gestagen and optional estrogen are administered during the luteal phase of the female menstrual cycle, preferably from day 10 to day 28.
Abstract: The invention relates to macrocyclic perfluoroalkylamides, their production and their use in diagnosis.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 22, 2000
Date of Patent:
October 8, 2002
Assignee:
Schering Aktiengesellschaft
Inventors:
Johannes Platzek, Ulrich Niedballa, Detlev Suelzle, Wolfgang Schlecker, Bernd Raduechel, Hanns-Joachim Weinmann, Thomas Frenzel, Bernd Misselwitz, Wolfgang Ebert
Abstract: The present invention provides a process for reducing oxides of nitrogen to molecular nitrogen in a medium which is superstoichiometric in oxidizing agent using reducing agents in the presence of a catalyst comprising:at least one refractory inorganic oxide at least in part constituted by a zeolite from the group formed by NU-86, NU-87 and EU-1;optionally, at least one element (A) from groups VIB, VIIB, VIII and IB, the transition metals;optionally, at least one element (B) from group VIII, the noble metals comprising platinum, rhodium, ruthenium, iridium and palladium;and optionally at least one element (C) from group IIA, the alkaline-earths and/or group IIIB, the rare earths.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 28, 1998
Date of Patent:
October 3, 2000
Assignee:
Institut Francais du Petrole
Inventors:
Patrick Bourges, Gil Mabilon, Matthias Bouchez, Sylvie Lacombe
Abstract: A process for coating the surface of pigment and filler particles with an oleaginous and cosmetically functional material, characterized in that an aqueous suspension of the pigment or filler is mixed with an emulsion of said oleaginous material to be coated onto the surface of pigment or filler particles, followed by adding a component capable of breaking the emulsion to the thus obtained mixture, whereby the emulsified material coalesces onto the surface of the pigment or filler particles. The thus obtained pigments or fillers exhibit excellent properties when used in cosmetics.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 17, 1990
Date of Patent:
May 10, 1994
Assignee:
Merck Patent Gesellschaft
Inventors:
Angelika Thurn-Muller, Jane Hollenberg, Ian Scott