A natural composition for medical purposes, more specifically including procyanidins, for use in the prevention or treatment of endothelial inflammation and/or endothelial systemic dysfunction triggered by Corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) including symptomatic post-COVID-19 subjects recovering from COVID-19.

A compound, in particular a polyketide compound and derivatives thereof, for use in prevention and/or treatment of a neurological disorder in an individual. The compound can promote lactate secretion. A composition can contain the compound, and a food or food extract can be enriched with said compound or composition.

A Ginkgo diterpene lactone composition is provided. The extract can lower the neurological function score of a cerebral ischemia-reperfusion rat, reduce the cerebral ischemia area and the water content after brain tissue edema, improve SOD activity, and decrease the MDA content. The composition can inhibit rabbit platelet aggregation induced by PAF and ADP inducers at different time points so as to reduce the maximum aggregation rate. In addition, experiments show that the effect of each monomer compound in the Ginkgo diterpene lactone composition is significantly increased at certain proportion.

A Ginkgo diterpene lactone composition is provided. The extract can lower the neurological function score of a cerebral ischemia-reperfusion rat, reduce the cerebral ischemia area and the water content after brain tissue edema, improve SOD activity, and decrease the MDA content. The composition can inhibit rabbit platelet aggregation induced by PAF and ADP inducers at different time points so as to reduce the maximum aggregation rate. In addition, experiments show that the effect of each monomer compound in the Ginkgo diterpene lactone composition is significantly increased at certain proportion.

Applications of butylidenephthalide (BP), comprising the use of BP in providing a kit for promoting differentiation of stem cells into brown adipose cells, and the use of BP in preparing a medicament, wherein the medicament is used for inhibiting the accumulation of white adipose cells, promoting the conversion of white adipose cells into brown adipose cells, inhibiting weight gain and/or reducing the content of triglycerides, glucose, and total cholesterol in blood.

Applications of butylidenephthalide (BP), comprising the use of BP in providing a kit for promoting differentiation of stem cells into brown adipose cells, and the use of BP in preparing a medicament, wherein the medicament is used for inhibiting the accumulation of white adipose cells, promoting the conversion of white adipose cells into brown adipose cells, inhibiting weight gain and/or reducing the content of triglycerides, glucose, and total cholesterol in blood.

Disclosed herein, inter alia, are methods of making polyketide compounds.

Methods for the use of prodrugs of itaconic acid and 1- and 4-methyl itaconic acid for inducing hair growth and treating an inflammatory, or immune activation (adaptive or innate), skin condition or other condition associated with hair loss are disclosed.

Methods for the use of prodrugs of itaconic acid and 1- and 4-methyl itaconic acid for inducing hair growth and treating an inflammatory, or immune activation (adaptive or innate), skin condition or other condition associated with hair loss are disclosed.

Disclosed are methods of use of Ivermectin for the prevention, treatment and control of various neurological disorders in humans and novel formulations of pharmaceutical compositions comprising Ivermectin.