US 12,440,467 B2
Treatment and prevention of infections using vegetable oil-derived polyols
Arti Vashist, Miami, FL (US); Prem Chapagain, Miami, FL (US); Andrea Raymond, Miramar, FL (US); Hitendra Chand, Doral, FL (US); and Madhavan Nair, Coral Gables, FL (US)
Assigned to The Florida International University Board of Trustees, Miami, FL (US)
Filed by Arti Vashist, Miami, FL (US); Prem Chapagain, Miami, FL (US); Andrea Raymond, Miramar, FL (US); Hitendra Chand, Doral, FL (US); and Madhavan Nair, Coral Gables, FL (US)
Filed on Dec. 9, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/078,414.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/287,658, filed on Dec. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0181515 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
Int. Cl. A61K 31/231 (2006.01); A61P 31/14 (2006.01)
CPC A61K 31/231 (2013.01) [A61P 31/14 (2018.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of treating a retrovirus or a coronavirus infection in a subject, thereby lessening severity of the retrovirus or coronavirus infection, the method comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of a vegetable oil-derived polyol, wherein the vegetable oil-derived polyol is not a part of a hydrogel nanoparticle or microparticle.