Patents Examined by Jane C. Owswecki
  • Anandamide amidase inhibitors as analgesic agents
    Patent number: 5688825
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method of inhibiting anandamide amidase in an individual or animal and novel inhibitors of anandamide amidase. The disclosed method and novel compounds can be used to reduce pain in an individual or animal suffering from pain, reducing nausea in an individual undergoing chemotherapy, for example cancer chemotherapy, suppressing appetite in an individual, reducing intraocular pressure in the eye of an individual or animal suffering from glaucoma and suppressing the immune system in an individual with an organ transplant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 18, 1997
    Assignee: University of Connecticut
    Inventors: Alexandros Makriyannis, Sonyan Lin, William Adam Hill