Patent ID: 8114903

Claim:
A method of treating a patient in need of cytokine modulation comprising administering to that patient a therapeutically effective dose of a glyceride or compound of general formula I wherein R 1 and R 2 together form a group —(CH 2 ) n —CR 4 R 5 —(CH 2 ) m — wherein n and m are independently selected integers 0, 1 or 2 and R 4 and R 5 are independently selected from H, C 1-18 alkyl, C 1-18 alkoxy, C 1-18 hydroxyalkyl, C 2-18 alkenyl and C 6-18 aryl or aralkyl and R 3 is a fatty acyl group of an essential polyunsaturated fatty acid selected from the group consisting of γ-linolenoyl and γ-dihomolinolenoyl.