Patents by Inventor Eu Leong Yong

Eu Leong Yong has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for the preparation of phytoprogestogenic extracts from rhizoma ligusticum chuanxiong and uses thereof
    Publication number: 20090053338
    Abstract: A method of extracting phytoprogestogenic compounds from herbs and their use in preparing a medicament for treating humans requiring progesterone replacement or supplement. Assay systems to quantify progesterone and progestogenic receptor activity and a method for assembling a kit for the assays are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2008
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Inventors: Eu Leong Yong, Lis Sa Elissa Lim, Mark Stuart Butler
  • Method for modulating steroidogenic activity
    Patent number: 6905714
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a method for modulating steroidogenic activity and a composition useful for same. The present invention further relates to a composition comprising a steroidogenic modulator useful for modulating physiological processes mediated by the androgen receptor or an active form thereof or complex comprising same and/or for modulating physiological processes mediated by estrogen receptors. The composition of the present invention preferably comprises an extract of herbs or botanical or horticultural equivalents of the herbs or chemical or functional equivalents of one or more components of the herbal extract thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2005
    Assignee: National University of Singapore
    Inventors: Yek Cheng Ong, Eu Leong Yong
  • Compositions and method for treatment of steroid/nuclear receptor-mediated diseases
    Publication number: 20050118290
    Abstract: Compositions and method for treatment of steroid/nuclear receptor-mediated diseases. The present invention relates to non-aqueous extracts of Astragalus Membranaceus (HQ) and to compositions thereof. Also provided is a method for the treatment of PPAR-mediated physiological conditions comprising administering to a subject an effective amount of at least one of the above mentioned extracts and also a method for augmenting or synergising the activity of ligands of steroid/nuclear receptors comprising administering to a subject an effective amount of at least one of: an extract of Astragalus Membranaceus (HQ) or a flavonoid compound; in the presence of at least one ligand of steroid/nuclear receptors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2003
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Applicant: University of Singapore
    Inventors: Eu Leong Yong, Toon Ng, Ping Shen, Wan Heng, Yinhan Gong
  • Methods for preparing an estrogenic preparation and isolated estrogenic compounds from a plant and uses thereof
    Patent number: 6750248
    Abstract: Methods for preparing an estrogenic preparation and isolating estrogenic compounds from a plant, such as an Epimedium plant, are provided. Also provided are estrogenic compounds from Epimedium plant that have been isolated and characterized, and methods for their use in modulating estrogen receptors and in treating conditions mediated by estrogen receptors, such as menopause and estrogen-dependent cancers. Also provided are preparations from Epimedium that are enriched for estrogenic compounds, and methods for their use in modulating estrogen receptors and preventing and treating conditions that are mediated by estrogen receptors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2004
    Assignee: National University of Singapore
    Inventors: Eu Leong Yong, Sook Peng Yap
  • Methods for preparing an estrogenic preparation and isolated estrogenic compounds from a plant and uses thereof
    Publication number: 20030170292
    Abstract: Methods for preparing an estrogenic preparation and isolating estrogenic compounds from a plant, such as an Epimedium plant, are provided. Also provided are estrogenic compounds from Epimedium plant that have been isolated and characterized, and methods for their use in modulating estrogen receptors and in treating conditions mediated by estrogen receptors, such as menopause and estrogen-dependent cancers. Also provided are preparations from Epimedium that are enriched for estrogenic compounds, and methods for their use in modulating estrogen receptors and preventing and treating conditions that are mediated by estrogen receptors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2002
    Publication date: September 11, 2003
    Applicant: National University of Singapore
    Inventors: Eu Leong Yong, Sook Peng Yap
  • Method for modulating steroidogenic activity
    Publication number: 20010046524
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a method for modulating steroidogenic activity and a composition useful for same. The present invention further relates to a composition comprising a steroidogenic modulator useful for modulating physiological processes mediated by the androgen receptor or an active form thereof or complex comprising same and/or for modulating physiological processes mediated by estrogen receptors. The composition of the present invention preferably comprises an extract of herbs or botanical or horticultural equivalents of the herbs or chemical or functional equivalents of one or more components of the herbal extract thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2001
    Publication date: November 29, 2001
    Inventors: Yek Cheng Ong, Eu Leong Yong