US Patent Issued to Virginia Commonwealth University on June 2 for "Ursolic acid preparations and uses thereof" (Virginia Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,643,922, issued on June 2, was assigned to Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, Va.).

"Ursolic acid preparations and uses thereof" was invented by Phillip Gerk (Mechanicsville, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Ursolic acid (UA) preparations and a self-nanoemulsifying drug delivery system (SNEDDS) composition containing at least one UA preparation selected from monopotassium ursolate (UAK), dipotassium ursolate (UAK2), monocholine ursolate (UAmC), dicholine ursolate (UAdC), pharmacological salts thereof, and mixtures thereof are provided. Methods for synthesizing UA preparations and delivering UA preparations to subjects in need t...