Patent ID: 6821961
Filing Date: 2004-11-23
Classification: A61K,C07C,C07J

Abstract:
A method of lowering body weight in a mammal comprising administering to said mammal an effective amount of a substantially pure fatty-acid monoester of an estrogen and a fatty acid, wherein the estrogen is selected from the group consisting of estrone, diethyistilbestrol, estriol, estradiol and ethinyl estradiol, the fatty acid is selected from the group consisting of eicosenoic acid, C-22 fatty acid, cis 13 docosenoic acid, and the C-24 fatty acid, cis 15 tetracosenoic acid, in combination with amounts of at least one member selected from the group consisting of pharmaceutically acceptable excipients and cosmetically acceptable excipients in an amount sufficient for the purposes thereof.