The disclosure provides a method of reducing infarct size in the heart following permanent ischemia or ischemia/reperfusion (IR) event or method for delaying, attenuating or preventing adverse cardiac remodeling comprising administering a drug selected from the group consisting of epicatechin, derivatives thereof and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein the subject is a human or a veterinary animal. Additionally the disclosure provides a method of treating subarachnoid hemorrhage or atrial fibrillation or of enhancing or preserving migration, seeding, proliferation, differentiation and/or survival of stem cells in injured heart tissue comprising administering a drug selected from the group consisting of epicatechin, derivatives thereof and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The effects of epicatechin administration are sustained over time.

Villarreal; Francisco

Yamazaki; Katrina Go

Taub; Pam Rajendran

Maisel; Alan

The Regents of the University of California

Use of epicatechin and derivatives and salts thereof for cardiac protection of ischemic myocardium and to ameliorate adverse cardiac remodeling

The present invention relates to compounds, compositions, and methods for treatment of conditions related to mitochondrial function. In various aspects, the present invention comprises administering one or more epicatechin derivatives in an amount effective to stimulate mitochondrial function in cells. The compounds, compositions, and methods described herein provide for reducing infarct size in the heart following permanent ischemia or ischemia/reperfusion event or method for delaying, attenuating or preventing adverse cardiac remodeling, and can assist in prevention of impaired mitochondria biogenesis and thus prevention of the consequences of impaired mitochondrial biogenesis in various diseases and conditions, as well as provide for the active therapy of mitochondrial depletion that may have already occurred.

epicatechin/infarction

Use of epicatechin and derivatives and salts thereof for cardiac protection of ischemic myocardium and to ameliorate adverse cardiac remodeling

Flavonoid compounds

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