Patent ID: 6486205
Filing Date: 2002-11-26
Classification: A61K,A61P,Y10S

Abstract:
A pharmaceutically beneficial composition of primary fatty acids consisting of a mixture of:(a) 1-hexacosanoic acid; (b) 1-octacosanoic acid; (c) 1-nonacosanoic acid; (d) 1-triacontanoic acid; (e) 1-hentriacontanoic acid; (f) 1-dotriacontanoic acid; (g) 1-tritriacontanoic acid; (h) 1-tetratriacontanoic acid; (i) 1-pentatriacontanoic acid; and, (j) 1-hexatriacontanoic acid; wherein said pharmaceutically beneficial composition of primary fatty acids are a natural mixture obtained from a homogeneous saponification of sugar cane wax and substantially free of other fatty acids having 24 to 38 carbon atoms.