Inventors:
Arthur Vanmoor - Boca Raton FL, 33432-6016
International Classification:
A61K 31195
Abstract:
There is disclosed a method of treating elevated blood levels of cholesterol in a person in need of such treatment, which comprises enhancing the effectiveness of the persons immune system by the administration to such person of at least one aliphatic sulfur compound, preferably a sulfur-containing amino-acid derivative having the formula (I) in which A is hydrogen or a carboxymethylene âCH CO H group, B is hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, and X is hydrogen, or an acyl group âCOâR in which R is an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of such compound.