Inventors:
Anthony H. Cincotta - Charlestown MA
Albert H. Meier - Baton Rouge LA
John M. Wilson - Charlestown MA
Assignee:
The Board of Supervisors of Louisana State and Agricultural and
Mechanical College - Baton Rouge LA
Ergo Science Incorporated - Charlestown MA
International Classification:
A61F 202
Abstract:
Disclosed herein are methods for regulating or ameliorating lipid and glucose metabolism and reducing in a vertebrate animal body fat stores, insulin resistance, hyperinsulinemia, hyperglycemia, hyperlipidemia, elevated blood lipoproteins (such as triglycerides and cholesterol including chylomicrons, VLDL and LDL) and/or increasing in the subject the plasma HDL. The methods comprise administration or timed administration of inhibitors of dopamine beta hydroxylase (DBH).