Patent ID: 7910323
Filing Date: 2011-03-22
Classification: A61K,A61P,G01N

Abstract:
1. A method of identifying the effect of a drug agent on a rate of in vivo metabolism of one or more sugars or fatty acids in an individual, the method comprising: (a) administering a drug agent to the individual; (b) administering a known quantity of (c) obtaining one or more bodily tissues or fluids at one or more times from the individual, wherein the one or more bodily tissues or fluids comprise a portion of the (d) determining a quantity of (e) calculating a ratio of the amount of (f) comparing the rate of in vivo metabolism of the one or more sugars or fatty acids in the individual to whom the drug agent has been administered to the rate of in vivo metabolism of the one or more sugars or fatty acids in an individual to whom the drug has not been administered to identify the effect of the drug agent on the rate of in vivo metabolism of one or more sugars or fatty acids in an individual.