US Patent Issued to University of South Florida on Oct. 21 for "Fenchol as a stimulator of free fatty acid receptor and other uses thereof" (Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,135, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to University of South Florida (Tampa, Fla.).

"Fenchol as a stimulator of free fatty acid receptor and other uses thereof" was invented by Hariom Yadav (Land O'Lakes, Fla.), Shalini Jain (Land O'Lakes, Fla.) and Sidharth Mishra (Tampa, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described are methods of treating neurodegenerative disease by administering a therapeutically effective amount of fenchol to a patient in need thereof. Additionally, described are methods of activating FFAR2 signaling in a patient by administering a therapeutically effective amount of fenchol to a patient in need thereof. Methods...