OLEANOLIC ACID COMPOSITIONS

摘要

The invention provides oleanolic acid and/or a physiologically acceptable salt thereof for use in treating a patient prophylactically and/or therapeutically for ulcerogenic-type disorders of the stomach and/or intestines. The ulcerogenic disorders can be of the type chemically induced and/or stress-induced. The invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising an active amount of oleanolic acid and/or a physiologically acceptable salt thereof in combination with an analgesic compound and/or an anti-inflammatory compound. The invention further provides for use of oleanolic acid in preventing and/or significantly reducing and/or therapeutically treating ulcerogenic-type disorders of the stomach and/or intestines.