Patents Assigned to Universitat des Less Illes Balears
  • Use of hydroxyoleic acid and related compounds in the manufacture of drugs
    Patent number: 7851507
    Abstract: Use of hydroxyoleic acid and its analogous compounds in the manufacture of drugs. Describes the use of hydroxyoleic acid and its analogs of general formula I: COOH—CHR—(CH2)m—CH?CH—(CH2)n—CH3, in which m and n have, independently, a value of 0-15 and R can be any residue with molecular weight below 200 Da, in the manufacture of drugs that can be used in the treatment of cancer, hypertension, obesity or diseases mediated by alteration of the membrane structure and the consequent regulation of G-proteins or of the receptors coupled to them.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Universitat des Less Illes Balears
    Inventor: Pablo Vicente Escriba-Ruiz