Abstract:
A method of inhibiting angiogenesis in a patient includes administering to the patient an effective amount of squalamine or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of squalamine. Alternatively, a compound according to the following Formula (III) (or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof) can be administered: ##STR1## wherein Z. sub. 5 is. alpha. -H or. beta. -H; each of the substituents Z. sub. 7 is selected from the group of --H, --OH, --SH, --NH. sub. 2, --F, --(C. sub. 1 -C. sub. 3)-alkyl, and --(C. sub. 1 -C. sub. 3)-alkoxy; and one of the substituents Z. sub. 12 is --H and the other is --H or --OH. X' is a polyamine side chain of the formula --X. sub. 1 --(CH. sub. 2). sub. p --X. sub. 2 --(CH. sub. 2). sub. q --N(R. sup. II)(R. sup. III), wherein one of X. sub. 1 and X. sub. 2 is --N(R. sup.