Patent ID: 7026356

Claim:
A method for the treatment of the proliferation of smooth muscle cells associated with a disease selected from stroke, vascular dementia, smooth muscle neoplasms, and uterine fibroid or fibroma, comprising administering to a mammal in need thereof an effective amount of at least one fatty acid analogue of the general formula (I) CH 3 —[CH 2 ] m —[X i —CH 2 ] n —COOR wherein n is an integer from 1 to 12, and m is an integer from 0 to 23, and i is an odd number which indicates the position relative to COOR, and each X i is independently selected from the group consisting of O, S, SO, SO 2 , Se, and CH 2 , and R represents hydrogen or C 1 –C 4 alkyl, thereby inhibiting the proliferation of smooth muscle cells, with the proviso that at least one of the X i is not CH 2 .