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(11) EP 2 063 898 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
03.06.2009 Bulletin 2009/23

(21) Application number: 06813546.6

(22) Date of filing: 18.08.2006
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
A61K 31/56(2006.01)
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2006/032387
(87) International publication number:
WO 2008/020853 (21.02.2008 Gazette 2008/08)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated Extension States:
AL BA HR MK RS

(71) Applicants:
  • Brigham Young University
    Provo UT 84602-6844 (US)
  • Colorado State University Research Foundation
    Fort Collins, CO 80522 (US)
  • Children's Hospital Medical Center
    Cincinnati, OH 45229-3039 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • LEPHART, Edwin, Douglas
    Orem, UT 84097 (US)
  • LUND, Trent, D.
    Wheaton, IL 60187 (US)
  • SETCHELL, Kenneth, David Reginald
    Cincinnati, OH 45227 (US)
  • HANDA, Robert, J.
    Fort Collins, CO 80526 (US)

(74) Representative: Blance, Stephen John 
D Young & Co. Briton House
Briton Street Southampton SO14 3EB
Briton Street Southampton SO14 3EB (GB)

   


(54) USE OF EQUOL FOR AMELIORATING OR PREVENTING NEUROPSYCHIATRIC AND NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES OR DISORDERS