Patent number: 7511073
Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to amines. A second aspect of the present invention relates to the use of the amines as inhibitors of a mammalian anandamide transporter. The compounds of the present invention will also find use in the treatment of numerous ailments, conditions and diseases which afflict mammals, including but not limited to asthma, neuropathic pain, persistent pain, inflammatory pain, hyperactivity, hypertension, brain ischemia, Parkinson's disease, spasticity, Tourette's syndrome, schizophrenia, hemorrhagic shock, septic shock, cardiac shock, migrane, Horton's headache, multiple sclerosis, anorexia, AIDS wasting syndrome, organ rejection, autoimmune diseases, allergy, arthritis, Crohn's disease, malignant gliomas, neurodegenerative diseases, Huntington's chorea, glaucoma, nausea, anxiety, psychosis, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, premature ejaculation, and stroke.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 23, 2006
Date of Patent:
March 31, 2009
Assignee:
Sepracor, Inc.
Inventors:
Brian M. Aquila, Seth C. Hopkins, Curtis A. Lockshin, Fengjiang Wang
Publication number: 20080194678
Abstract: A process to obtain synthetic and semi-synthetic derivatives of lignans, especially dibenzylbutyrolactonic, tetrahydrofuranic, aryltetralynic, furofuranic and dibenzocyclooctanic lignans obtained by means of partial synthesis and/or full synthesis or also by isolation from plant extracts. It refers to a process to obtain synthetic and semi-synthetic derivatives of (?)-cubebin, such as: (?)-O-acetylcubebin; (?)-O-methylcubebin; (?)-O—N,N-(dimethylamino-ethyl)-cubebin; (?)-hinokinin; (?)-6,6?-dinitroinokinine; (?)-O-benzylcubebin; (?)-6,6?-diaminoinokinin, (?)-6,6?-dinitroinokinin, as well as to obtain dibenzocyclooctanic lignans from dibenzylbutyrolactoinic lignans by means of structural modifications in the positions 7, 7?, 8, 8?, 9? and in the aromatic rings (introduction and/or substitution of functional groups such as: —OH, —CO2H, —CO2CH3, —NO2, —NH2, —OCH3, —OAc, —SO2CH3, —SO2NH2, prenyl and halogens) is provided. A therapeutic method using the derivatives is also provided.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 14, 2006
Publication date:
August 14, 2008
Applicant:
Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquissa do Estado de Aao Pa
Inventors:
Marcio Luis Andrade e Silva, Rosangela da Silva, Vanderlei Rodrigues, Olavo dos Santos Pereira, Ademar Alves da Silva Filho, Paulo Marcos Donate, Sergio Albuquerque, Jairo Kenupp Bastos