Abstract: Use of NADPH for preparation of a drug for antiplatelet aggregation, according to the research, it is found that in-vitro administration of exogenous NADPH inhibits ADP-induced platelet aggregation of rats in a dose-dependent mode; in-vitro administration of exogenous NADPH inhibits Thrombin-induced platelet aggregation of rats in a dose-dependent mode; preventive administration of NADPH in the rats can remarkably inhibit ADP-induced platelet aggregation; preventive administration of NADPH in the rats can remarkably inhibit Thrombin-induced platelet aggregation. Therefore, NADPH has a platelet aggregation inhibition function and can be used as a potential drug for antiplatelet aggregation.

Abstract: The use of reduced nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) in preparing medicines for the treatment of heart diseases, and medicines for the treatment of heart diseases using NADPH as the active ingredient, said heart diseases including cardiac damage, myocardial infarction, and cardiomyopathy.

Abstract: A composition of matter for an analgesia and its method of use is disclosed. The method of use is for the treatment of chronic pain, especially to the treatment of heretofore intractable pain as associated with advanced cancer. The pain associated with neurological conditions, rheumatoid arthritis, viral infections and lesions is also contemplated. The method includes administering to a host an alpha-neurotoxin that is characterized by its ability to blocking of the action of acetylcholine at nicotinic acetylcholine receptors.

Abstract: The invention provides methods and compositions for treating arthritic conditions such as osteoporosis and rheumatoid arthritis. The treatment methods include administering an effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising an isolated alpha-neurotoxin protein, or an effective variant or fragment thereof. The compositions are effective for decreasing the levels of pro-inflammatory cytokines and increasing the level of interleukin-10 in a subject with arthritis, and can reduce symptoms of the arthritic condition including edema, infiltration of inflammatory cells and pannus formation in affected joints. In some preferred embodiments of compositions in accordance with the invention, the effective therapeutic protein is an alpha-neurotoxin protein isolated from snake venom, or a recombinant or synthetic protein based on, or derived from, the amino acid of sequence of an alpha-neurotoxin protein isolated from snake venom.