USE OF SULFATED OLIGOSACCHARIDES AS INHIBITORS OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE

摘要

A method for the inhibition of vascular smooth muscle cell hyperplasia in a human or other warm-blooded animal patient in need of such treatment, comprises administration to the patient of an effective amount of at least one sulfated oligosaccharide, wherein the oligosaccharide has the general formula I:wherein R1 and R2 and each Rx represents a monosaccharide unit, all of which may be the same or different, adjacent monosaccharide units being linked by 1->2, 1->3, 1->4 and/or 1->6 glycosidic bonds andn is an integer of from 1 to 6.