Abstract: A pharmaceutical preparation which comprises stigmasta-4-en-3-one as the active ingredient. This active ingredient can be used for the treatment of androgen-dependent diseases, especially for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia.
Abstract: This invention describes the use of a hydroxyoctadecadienic acid, its acid oxidized to keto form or the ester derivatives of the acids, where the ester derivatives are low esters with 1 to 4 carbon atoms for the preparation of a pharmaceutical for treatment of breast carcinomas or benign prostatic hyperplasia. In particular, those compounds are suitable in which the double bonds and the hydroxy group or the oxo group are present on the carbon atoms at positions 9 to 13.
Abstract: The invention concerns a pharmaceutical composition which comprises lower alkyl ester derivatives of hecogenin and pharmaceutically compatible carriers. The pharmaceutical composition has an inhibiting effect on cell growth and can be used for the causal treatment of benign prostata hyperplasia in human beings and in animals.