Patent ID: 9695137
Date: 2017-07-04
CPC Classifications: A61K,C07D

Claim:
1. A method of treating or ameliorating osteoarthritis, the method comprising administering an effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition to a patient in need thereof; the pharmaceutical composition comprising a peroxisome proliferator activated receptor (PPAR) compound in an amount sufficient to allow stem cells in the patient to differentiate into an osteocyte cell of osteoblast lineage, or into a chondrocyte cell of chondroblast lineage; and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, excipient, diluent, or adjuvant; wherein the PPAR compound has a structural formula of Formula I: X is O; R is CH═CHR R salts, isomers, stereoisomers, enantiomers, racemates, solvates, hydrates, polymorphs, and prodrugs thereof.