摘要 |
Alzheimer's disease, related dementias and epilepsy are treated by administering in absence of an oily carrier or diluent which comprises at least one member of the group consisting of C8-18 saturated fatty acids, oleic acid and derivatives of these acids, to a person having the symptoms thereof, or to a person susceptible to epilepsy, a symptom-alleviating amount of a composition of matter which comprises (a) from about 13.0 to about 27.5% by weight of linolenic acid and/or derivatives thereof, and (b) about 87.0 to about 72.5% by weight of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of linoleic acid and/or derivatives thereof, the derivatives of linolenic and linoleic acid being calculated as the free acids, and being both physiologically hydrolyzable and pharmacologically acceptable, or of a pharmaceutical formulation or nutritional composition containing ingredients (a) and (b) in the recited proportions. |