Patent ID: 6214875
Filing Date: 2001-04-10
Classification: A61K,C07C,C12P

Abstract:
A method of treating cancer comprising administering to a cancer patient in need thereof an effective amount of at least one branched-chain unsaturated fatty acid, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable lipoprotein thereof, which is obtained by conjugation with a protein, wherein the branched-chain unsaturated fatty acid has the following formula: ##STR5##where n and m are independently integers, and n+m is between 0 and 46, inclusive, wherein n or m is at least 2, and at least one CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 group in (CH.sub.2).sub.m or (CH.sub.2).sub.n is replaced with a CH.dbd.CH group.