The present application relates to method of vaccinating a subject against infection by an enveloped virus. The method includes providing a compound of the Formula (I) as described herein, and contacting the compound of Formula (I) with an isolated enveloped virus, having a membrane, to inactivate the membrane of the isolated enveloped virus. The subject is then treated with the enveloped virus having an inactivated membrane to vaccinate the subject against the enveloped virus. Further disclosed is an ex vivo vaccine composition including the compound of Formula (I) and an enveloped virus.

Disclosed herein are methods of treating, reducing, or preventing a disease such as oral mucositis, gastric mucositis, or inflammatory fibrosis, comprising identifying a patient in need of treatment and administering a therapeutically effective amount of at least one cationic steroid antimicrobial (CSA), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Kits comprising such compositions and instructions on such methods are also contemplated herein.

Disclosed herein are methods of treating, reducing, or preventing a disease such as oral mucositis, gastric mucositis, or inflammatory fibrosis, comprising identifying a patient in need of treatment and administering a therapeutically effective amount of at least one cationic steroid antimicrobial (CSA), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Kits comprising such compositions and instructions on such methods are also contemplated herein.

Disclosed herein are methods of treating, reducing, or preventing a disease such as oral mucositis, gastric mucositis, or inflammatory fibrosis, comprising identifying a patient in need of treatment and administering a therapeutically effective amount of at least one cationic steroid antimicrobial (CSA), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Kits comprising such compositions and instructions on such methods are also contemplated herein.

The present technology relates to methods of treating NASH, NAFLD and/or obesity using compounds of Formulas I, II, III, IV, V, and/or VI. The methods include administering to a subject suffering from one or more of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and/or obesity a therapeutically effective amount of such a compound

The present invention is directed to a composition comprising phytoene, phytofluene, and zeta carotene, and methods of using the same, such as for reducing collagen loss.

The present invention is directed to a composition comprising phytoene, phytofluene, and zeta carotene, and methods of using the same, such as for reducing collagen loss.

The present invention relates to a composition for preventing or treating diabetes mellitus using a 4-component mixture of putrescine, glucosamine, nicotinamide, and a STAT3 inhibitor. It has been confirmed that blood glucose is stably regulated when a compound of the 4-component mixture according to the present invention is injected into the caudal vein of a diabetes mellitus-induced mouse. The compound can be practically and usefully used as a therapeutic agent for diabetes mellitus patients and patients exposed to diabetes mellitus risk.

The present invention relates to a composition for preventing or treating diabetes mellitus using a 4-component mixture of putrescine, glucosamine, nicotinamide, and a STAT3 inhibitor. It has been confirmed that blood glucose is stably regulated when a compound of the 4-component mixture according to the present invention is injected into the caudal vein of a diabetes mellitus-induced mouse. The compound can be practically and usefully used as a therapeutic agent for diabetes mellitus patients and patients exposed to diabetes mellitus risk.

A method of treating diabetes Type 2 by delivery of butyric acid, bile acid, long-chain fatty acid, or glutamine to the colon by bypassing the upper digestive tract, with the composition combined either by the same or different route of administration with a DPP-IV inhibitor such as vildagliptin.