Patents by Inventor Hong-Hsing Liu

Hong-Hsing Liu 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).

  • Patent number: 8685956
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to a pharmaceutical compositions and methods of reducing acetaminophen-induced liver toxicity. The disclosure includes pharmaceutical compositions including acetaminophen and one or more components selected from S-adenosylhomocysteine (SAH), S-methylmethionine (SMM), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The disclosure also relates to methods of reducing acetaminophen-induced liver toxicity in a subject by administering or co-administering one or more of S-adenosylhomocysteine (SAH), S-methylmethionine (SMM), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, with acetaminophen to a subject.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignees: The Board of Trustees of The University of Illinois, The Board of Trustees of The Leland Stanford Junior University
    Inventors: Hong-Hsing Liu, Gary Allen Peltz, Guochun Liao, Timothy Alan Garrow
  • Publication number: 20120172324
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to a co-formulation or co-administration of acetaminophen with one or more chemicals that are metabolites or their derivatives in the methionine and glutathione biosynthesis pathways, for protection against acetaminophen-induced liver toxicity. The formulation may comprise acetaminophen and diet supplements such as S-methylmethionine (SMM). The present disclosure also encompasses methods of providing pain or fever relief with protection against acetaminophen-induced liver injury with the formulations described herein. Embodiments of the present disclosure also include co-formulation or co-administration of an agent and one or more other chemicals for reducing agent-induced liver toxicity via depletion of glutathione.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2010
    Publication date: July 5, 2012
    Inventors: Hong-Hsing Liu, Gary Allen Peltz, Guochun Liao, Timothy Alan Garrow