Patent ID: 6962720

Claim:
A method of treating a mammal for inflammation comprising administering to said mammal a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising a composition having the molecular formula: or a pharmaceutical formulation thereof, wherein a) R 1 and R 2 are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, C1-C5 alkyl, and an oligosaccharide; b) R 3 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydroxyl, C1-C5 alkyl, C1-C5 alkylene, C1-C5 alkyl carbonyl, a sugar, and a monoterpene group; and c) the formula further comprises R 4 , wherein R 4 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydroxyl, C1-C5 alkyl, C1-C5 alkylene, C1-C 5 alkyl carbonyl, a sugar, C1-C5 alkyl ester, and a monoterpene group, and wherein R 4 may be attached to the triterpene moiety or the monoterpene moiety.