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1. METHOD OF DEPRESSING FATTY ACIDS AND TRIGLYCERIDES IN MAMMAL IN NEED OF EACH THERAPYL AN EFFECTIVE AMOUNT OF A MAMMALS, WHICH COMPRISES ADMINISTERING TO THE AFFLICTED COMPOUND OF THE GENERA FORMULA 2-R1,6-(B-X-A-N(-R2)-),9-(3,4-DI(HO-),5-(HO-CH2-)- TETRAHYDROFUR-2-YL-)-9H-PURINE WHEREIN R1 IS HYDROGEN, CHLORIDE, HYDROXYL OR AMINO; R2 IS HYDROGEN LOWER STRAIGHT-CHAINED OR BRANCHED ALKYL; A IS A VALENCY BOND OR STURATED OR UNSATURATED STRAIGHTCHAINED, LOWER BRANCED OR CYCLIC ALKYLENE, UNSUBSTITUTED OR SUBSTITUTED BY HYDROXYL, CARBOXYL OR LOWER ACYLOXY; X IS A VALENCY BOND OR, IF A IS ALKYLENE, CAN ALSO BE OXYGEN, SULFUR, IMINO, LOWER ALKYLATED IMINO, OR LOWER ACYLATED IMINO; B IS UNSUBSTITUTED OR SUBSTITUTED PHENYL OR NAPHTHYL WHEREIN THE SUBSTITUENTS ARE FROM 1 TO 3 MEMBERS OF THE GROUP CONSISTING OF CHLORO OR FLUORO, LOWER ALKYL, CHLORO- OR FLUORO-ALKYL, ALKOXY, ARYLOXY OF FROM 6 TO 10 CARBON ATOMS, LOWER ACYLOXY, ALKYLTHIO, CARBOXY AND HYDROXYL AND WHEREIN ANY TWO SUBSTITUENTS IN B CAN TOGETHER ALSO REPRESENT A DIOXOMETHYLENE BRIDGE; AND THE PHARMACOLOGICALLY COMPATIBLE SALTS THEREOF. |