Patent ID: 8568805

Claim:
A method of treating a subject suffering from cognitive dysfunction comprising administrating to the subject a composition in a unit dosage form comprising an effective amount of at least 50 mg of at least one compound having the formula A n , a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and any mixture thereof: wherein A is epicatechin; n is an integer from 2 to 18, such that there is at least one terminal monomeric unit A, and one or a plurality of additional monomeric units; bonding between adjacent monomeric units takes place at positions selected from the group consisting of 4, 6 and 8; a bond of an additional monomeric unit in position 4 has alpha or beta stereochemistry; X, Y and Z are selected from the group consisting of monomeric unit A and hydrogen, with the proviso that as to the at least one terminal monomeric unit, bonding of the additional monomeric unit thereto is at position 4 and optionally Y=Z=hydrogen; wherein the subject is a human or a veterinary animal, and wherein the composition comprises at least 50 mg of the at least one compound per unit dose.