- Compositions for treatment of diabetic complications
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Use of 6-desaturated n-6 fatty acids, especially gammalinolenic acid (GLA), dihomogammalinolenic acid (DGLA) or arachidonic acid (AA), together with a pharmaceutically acceptable material reducing intracellular levels of sorbitol in the body, particularly an aldose reductase inhibitor, in the treatment of (including prophylactic treatment), and in the preparation of medicaments for the treatment of (including prophylactic treatment), the long-term complications of diabetes mellitus. Pharmaceutical compositions of said materials. The ascorbate esters of 6-desaturated n-6 fatty acids (other than GLA or DGLA) per se.
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- N-alkylpolyhydroxyamine salts of polyunsaturated fatty acids
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An N-alkylpolyhydroxyamine salt of an n-6 or n-3 essential fatty acid (EFA) that is beyond the 6-desaturation step, or of any polyunsaturated fatty acid, other than those belonging to the n-6 and n-3 series, having 16 to 26 carbon atoms and up to six doub
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- Fatty acid derivatives
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Ascorbyl-GLA or Ascorbyl-DGLA in medicaments for treatment of asthma and other disorders.
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