Patent ID: 11904007
Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO, A BODY CORPORATE
Field: Pharmaceuticals (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A  C | IPC A  C

Claim 0:
1. A method of inhibiting postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) comprising administering a therapeutically effective amount of isolated constituent parts of Mycobacterium vaccae (M. vaccae) to a mammalian subject in need before or after administering a surgical anesthetic to the subject, wherein said constituent parts of the M. vaccae are selected from the group consisting of triacylglycerol lipids and free fatty acid forms thereof, 1,2,3-tri[Z-10-hexadecenoyl]glycerol and free fatty acid form thereof, 10(Z)-hexadecenoic acid, and a combination thereof.