| abstract |
Pharmaceutical compsns. contain, apart from a diluent or vehicle, a flavylium salt of formula (I) as active ingredient. In the formula, each Y is independently OH or 1-6C alkoxy; m = 0-6; n = 0-5; m+n = 1-11; and X is a pharmaceutically acceptable anion. The use of cyanidin; peonidin; delphinidin; petunidin; malvidin and pelargonidin is excluded. (I) induce cicatrisation and epithelial regeneration so are useful in treating wounds and gastric or duodenal ulcers. They also have antiinflammatory, vasoprotecting, hypolipidaemic, hypocholeserolaemic and hypoglycaemic activities. |