Abstract: A method for the treatment of atherosclerosis by administering to a patient in need of anti-atherosclerotic treatment, an effective amount of 17 alpha-dihydroequilin, a C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 alkanoyloxy ester thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of it's sulfate or phosphate ester, in the absence of naturally occurring estrogenic sreroids. A pharmaceutical composition containing 17 alpha-dihydroequilin, a C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 alkanoyloxy ester thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of it's sulfate or phosphate ester, in the absence of naturally occurring estrogenic sreroids, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier therefor.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method for the treatment of immunoinflammatory conditions, such as allergy, anaphylaxis, asthma and inflammation in mammals which comprises administering to a mammal so afflicated an effective amount of a compound having the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each, independently, hydrogen, hydroxy, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, haloloweralkyl, haloloweralkyl sulfonyl, halo or nitro;R.sup.3 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, or aryl of 7-12 carbon atoms;X is ##STR2## A is --CH.sub.2 --, --O-- or --S--; m is 0-8;n is 0-7, with the proviso that m+n.ltoreq.8;or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: There is disclosed a method for the treatment of immunoinflammatory conditions, such as allergy, anaphylaxis, asthma and inflammation in mammals which comprises administering to a mammal so afflicted an effective amount of a compound having the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each, independently, hydrogen, hydroxy, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, haloloweralkyl, haloloweralkyl sulfony., halo or nitro;R.sup.3 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, or aryl of 7-12 carbon atoms;X is ##STR2## A is --CH.sub.2 --,--O-- or --S--; m is 0-8;n is 0-7, with the proviso that m+n.ltoreq.