摘要 |
This invention concerns a method of delivering UDCA to a mammal to inhibit or treat a disorder, which includes administering a sulfate of UDCA to the mammal in an amount sufficient to inhibit or treat the disorder. For example, a UDCA sulfate may be used to advantage in inhibiting or treating an inflammatory condition of the gastrointestinal tract, such as colon cancer, rectum cancer, a neoplasm of the colon, a neoplasm of the rectum, carcinogenesis of the colon, carcinogenesis of the rectum, ulcerative colitis, an adenomatous polyp, familial polyposis and the like. A sulfate of UDCA also may be administered to inhibit or treat an inflammatory disorder of the liver. A UDCA sulfate may be used to improve serum biochemistries of liver disease or liver function, to increase bile flow or to decrease biliary secretion of phospholipid or cholesterol.
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