Patent ID: 8623848

Claim:
A method for treating anxiety in a subject comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a compound selected from betulinic acid, methyl dihydrobetulinate, 3-acetoxy betulinic acid, methyl betulinate, methyl 3-acetoxybetulinate, betulinic acid amide, betulinic acid benzylamide, betulinic acid anilide, betulinic acid pyrrolidine amide, betulonic acid isobutyl amide, betulinic acid isobutyl amide, betulinic acid glycine methyl ester amide, betulinic acid glycine amide, dihydrobetulinic acid, ethyl betulinate, 3-acetoxy betulinic acid hydroxylamine, and any one of compounds 18-23 from Table 1, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.