Patent ID: 7968605

Claim:
A method for treating inflammatory disease in an animal in need thereof, comprising administering to the animal a pharmaceutical composition including an anti-inflammatory effective amount of a compound selected from the group consisting of trimethylacetaldehyde, 2,2-dimethyl-4-pentenal, 4-ethyl-4-formyl-hexanenitrile, 3-hydroxy-2,2-dimethylpropanal, 2-formyl-2-methyl-propylmethanoate, 2-ethyl-2-methyl-propionaldehyde, 2,2-dimethyl-3-(p-methylphenyl)propanal, or 2-methyl-2-phenylpropionaldehyde in a pharmaceutically acceptable vehicle, and wherein the inflammatory disease is arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, osteoarthritis, psoriatic arthritis, or inflammatory bowel disease.