645 results about "Cardiovascular disorder prevention" patented technology

Methods and compositions are disclosed that are useful for the prevention and/or treatment of cardiovascular and cardiac diseases and disorders, or damage resulting from surgical or medical procedures that may cause ischemic or ischemic/reperfusion damage in humans; and cardiovascular trauma. The beneficial effects of the compositions and methods are achieved through the use of pharmaceutical compositions that include agents that interfere with the production and/or biological activities of sphingolipids and their metabolites, particularly sphingosine (SPH) and sphingosine-1-phosphate (S-1-P). Also disclosed are methods for identifying and isolating therapeutic agents.

The invention provides a black soybean cake processing method. The processing comprises the steps that 1, black soybean powder, glutinous rice flour, rice flour, red dates, lily, sweet-scented osmanthus, the fruits of Chinese wolfberry, mint leaves, granulated sugar, sesame powder and palm oil are weighed; 2, the red dates, the lily, the sweet-scented osmanthus, the fruits of Chinese wolfberry and the mint leaves are heated and decocted; 3, the granulated sugar is heated to be dissolved; 4, the black soybean powder, the glutinous rice flour and the rice flour are mixed, and then mixed liquid and the palm oil are added in the mixture for high-temperature steaming; 5, the steamed cake is coated with the sesame powder in a rolling mode. The black soybean cake processing method has simple steps, the black soybean cake is crisp and delicious and makes people enjoy aftertaste, and black soybeans have rich nutrients and have the effects of promoting cholesterol metabolism, lowering blood lipid, preventing cardiovascular disease and the like. Meanwhile, due to the fact that the red dates, the lily, the sweet-scented osmanthus, the fruits of Chinese wolfberry, the mint leaves and the like are added in the formula, the black soybean cake has the effects of enriching yin, nourishing kidney, protecting the liver, nourishing the stomach, discharging toxicant, keeping beauty and the like.

A compound having the structure

useful for treatment or prevention of cardiovascular diseases, endothelial dysfunction, diastolic dysfunction, atherosclerosis, hypertension, angina pectoris, thromboses, restenoses, myocardial infarction, strokes, cardiac insufficiency, pulmonary hypertonia, erectile dysfunction, asthma bronchiale, chronic kidney insufficiency, diabetes, or cirrhosis of the liver in a human or animal patient.

Gene transfer vectors, especially adenoviral vectors, and synthetic vectors capable of emulating specific viral functions, that carry gene sequences capable of ameliorating or preventing the symptoms of cardiovascular disease are disclosed. Such methods can be used to treat restenosis, especially when incident to injury by angioplasty.

The invention relates to compounds having the structure of Formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which are soluble guanylate cyclase activators. The compounds are capable of modulating the body's production of cyclic guanosine monophosphate (“cGMP”) and are generally suitable for the therapy and prophylaxis of diseases which are associated with a disturbed cGMP balance. The compounds are useful for treatment or prevention of cardiovascular diseases, endothelial dysfunction, diastolic dysfunction, atherosclerosis, hypertension, pulmonary hypertension, angina pectoris, thromboses, restenosis, myocardial infarction, strokes, cardiac insufficiency, pulmonary hypertonia, erectile dysfunction, asthma bronchiale, chronic kidney insufficiency, diabetes, or cirrhosis of the liver.

Vitamin K is effective in counteracting cardiovascular disorders such as the reduction in arterial elasticity normally associated with the aging process. A pharmaceutical composition or nutritional formulation comprising vitamin K can be used to combat age-related stiffening of the arteries, and the consequences thereof, namely pulmonary congestion, hypertension, left ventricular hypertrophy, congestive (right sided) heart failure, left sided or left ventricular failure, chronic cardiac failure, angina pectoris, myocardial infarction, Mönckeberg's sclerosis and stroke. In various embodiments, vitamin K can also be used to reduce or reverse calcification of a blood vessel in pre-existing cardiovascular disorders such as arteriosclerosis.

The invention provides a preparation method of dendrobium nobile polysaccharide extracts, which is realized by steps of degreasing, extracting, alcohol precipitating, protein removing, monose and oligosaccharide removing and purifying gel columns and the like. The polysaccharide content in the polysaccharide extract is more than 93 percent. The polysaccharide extract has remarkable oxidation prevention activity, can be combined with medicament excipients and carriers permitted by preparation agents, and can be applied in preparing medicaments or medicament combinations for treating and preventing cardiovascular diseases. The preparation method of the dendrobium nobile polysaccharide extracts is reasonable in design and convenient in operation.

The invention provides a nutritional vermicelli and a making method thereof. Wheat flour is taken as the basic material of the nutritional vermicelli and oat powder, matcha powder, soybean meal, almond meal, yam meal, wheat gluten, drinking water and table salt are added. The nutritional vermicelli also comprises purple sweet potato powder, wolfberry powder and jujube powder. The making method of the nutritional vermicelli comprises the following steps: (1) kneading dough; (2) curing; (3) tabletting and cutting to strips; (4) drying; and (5) cutting off, measuring and packaging. Wheat flour is adopted as the main raw material and other raw materials with higher nutritive value are added. Compared with the traditional vermicelli, the nutritional vermicelli has rich nutritional ingredients, tastes good and effectively meets the requirements for dietary nutrition by people at present. As the nutritional vermicelli is rich in various microelements, the nutritional vermicelli is beneficial for lowering blood sugar level, reducing blood fat, preventing cardiovascular diseases and hypertension and improving immunity of human body.

The present invention relates to novel ketone compounds, compositions comprising ketone compounds, and methods useful for treating and preventing cardiovascular diseases, dyslipidemias, dysproteinemias, and glucose metabolism disorders comprising administering a composition comprising a ketone compound. The compounds, compositions, and methods of the invention are also useful for treating and preventing Alzheimer's Disease, Syndrome X, peroxisome proliferator activated receptor-related disorders, septicemia, thrombotic disorders, obesity, pancreatitis, hypertension, renal disease, cancer, inflammation, and impotence. In certain embodiments, the compounds, compositions, and methods of the invention are useful in combination therapy with other therapeutics, such as hypocholesterolemic and hypoglycemic agents.

The present disclosure provides for novel krill oil-based compositions, method of administration and method of manufacture which provide for the treatment and prevention of cardiovascular disease, including the reduction of one or more significant risk factors involved with cardiovascular disease. The active ingredients of the composition include krill oil, combined in one embodiment with niacin, and combined in an alternate embodiment with polymethoxylated flavones (PMFs), and combined in yet another embodiment with Cissus quadrangularis, and combined in a further embodiment with Gynostemma pentaphyllum.

The invention provides a haematococcus extract preparation, and a preparation method and use thereof. A haematococcus extract soft capsule provided by the invention comprises the contents of haematococcus extract and an oleic phase, wherein the astaxanthin content of the haematococcus extract is 2 to 20 percent (w/w); and the mass-to-volume ratio (g/mL) of astaxanthin in the haematococcus extract and the oleic phase is 1-10:100. The invention also provides the method for preparing the haematococcus extract soft capsules. Experiments show that the haematococcus extract soft capsule provided by the invention has stability remarkably superior to that of the haematococcus extract and conventional products and is of great importance to the application of the astaxanthin to antioxidation, the enhancement of immunity, the suppression of tumorigenesis, the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease, the prevention of skin aging and the maintenance of health of eyes and the central nervous system.

The present invention relates to a compound of the formula I

wherein J₁, J₂, R⁰, R¹, R², Q, V, G and M are as defined herein. The compounds of the formula I are valuable pharmacologically active compounds. They exhibit a strong antithrombotic effect and are suitable, for example, for the therapy and prophylaxis of cardiovascular disorders like thromboembolic diseases or restenoses. They are reversible inhibitors of the blood clotting enzymes factor Xa (FXa) and/or factor VIIa (FVIIa), and can in general be applied in conditions in which an undesired activity of factor Xa and/or factor VIIa is present or for the cure or prevention of which an inhibition of factor Xa and/or factor VIIa is intended. The invention furthermore relates to processes for the preparation of compounds of the formula I, their use, in particular as active ingredients in pharmaceuticals, and pharmaceutical preparations comprising them.

Described herein are methods of inhibiting M-CSF activity, and, in particular, M-CSF/c-fms dependent cell signaling. In a first embodiment of the invention, one administers to a mammal viral vectors that deliver genes experessing antisense c-fms RNA; in a second embodiment, one induces in vivo production of a high-affinity soluble c-fms protein that competes for non-bound M-CSF; in a third embodiment, one administers a ribozyme-viral vector against c-fms mRNA; and in a fourth embodiment, one administers oligodeoxynucleotides that inhibit expression of c-fms gene product. The methods may be used to treat any disease in which M-CSF activity plays a role, and are particularly effective in treating and preventing atherosclerosis.

Embodiments of the present invention are directed primarily, but not exclusively, to a method for treating and preventing cardiovascular disease by inhibiting receptors to M-CSF. Other embodiments of the present invention include any and all biologic and/or pathobiologic phenomena mediated in whole or in part by M-CSF signaling through its receptor. Pathobiologic phenomena include, but are not limited to, disease entities such as osteoporosis, Alzheimer's disease, diabetes mellitus (Type 1 and/or Type 2), infectious diseases, cancer, and inherited disorders characterized by defects in one or more components in the M-CSF signaling pathway.