PERFLUORINATED FATTY ACID FOR TREATING OBESITY, DIABETES, HYPERLIPIDEMIA, CANCER AND INFLAMMATION

摘要

PPROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a medical use of a compound for treating diabetes, obesity, hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolaemia, arteriosclerosis, cancer, inflammation and other disease conditions in which modulation of lipid or eicosanoid status may be desirable, and a method for further specifying useful compounds. PSOLUTION: Perfluorooctanoic acid, or a salt or an ester thereof, perfluorosuberic acid, perfluoroheptanoic acid, perfluorohexanoic acid, perfluoropentanoic acid, perfluorobutanoic acid, perfluoropropionic acid, or either one of salts or esters thereof, or perfluorooctane can be applied to treat diabetes, obesity, hypercholesterolaemia, hyperlipidemia, cancer, inflammation, or other disease conditions in which modulation of lipid or eicosanoid status or function may be desirable. PCOPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT