Abstract: A diverse set of tubulin binding agents have been discovered which are structurally characterized, in a general sense, by a semi-rigid molecular framework capable of maintaining aryl-aryl, pseudo pi stacking distances appropriate for molecular recognition of tubulin. In phenolic or amino form, these ligands may be further functionalized to prepare phosphate esters, phosphate salts, phosphoramidates, and other prodrugs capable of demonstrating selective targeting and destruction of tumor cell vasculature.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel 4′-demethyl-4′-O-substituted-1-deoxypodophyllotoxin derivative, a geometric isomer thereof, a process for the preparation thereof, and an anticancer composition comprising the same.

Abstract: This invention relates to IP receptor antagonists selected from the group of compounds represented by Formula I: where: R1 is a group represented by formula (A), (B) or (C); and other substituents as defined in the specification, and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts or crystal forms thereof; and pharmaceutical compositions containing them; and methods for their use as therapeutic agents.

Abstract: Novel compounds are useful as chemotherapeutic, chemopreventative, and antiangiogenic agents are provided. The compounds are flavanoids, including flavanones, flavanols, and chalcones.

Abstract: Ondansetron crystalline Forms A and B are useful in the treatment of nausea and vomiting. Form B has a uniquely high melting point of about 244° C. and both forms are stable against thermally induced polymorphic transition from 30° C. up to their melting points.

Abstract: The invention relates to heterocyclic compounds consisting of a core nitrogen atom surrounded by three pendant groups, wherein two of the three pendant groups are preferably benzimidazolyl methyl and tetrahydroquinolyl, and the third pendant group contains N and optionally contains additional rings. The compounds bind to chemokine receptors, including CXCR4 and CCR5, and demonstrate protective effects against infection of target cells by a human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

Abstract: Compounds of the formula 1

Abstract: Imidazol-4-ylmethanols and their uses for preventing and treating primary tumors, metastasis and recurrence of tumors, various symptoms accompanying tumors, prostatic hypertrophy, virilism, hirsutism, male pattern alopecia, precocious puberty, endometriosis, uterine myoma, mastopathy and polycystic ovary syndrome are disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention provides convergent processes for preparing epothilone A and B, desoxyepothilones A and B, and analogues thereof, useful in the treatment of cancer and cancer which has developed a multidrug-resistant phenotype. Also provided are intermediates useful for preparing said epothilones.

Abstract: This invention relates to novel benzofuran and dihydrobenzofuran compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, and methods of treating beta-3 adrenoreceptor-mediated conditions with such compositions.

Abstract: A compound of formula I 1

Abstract: Peptide derivatives useful as inhibitors of activity of thyrotropin-releasing hormone-degrading ectoenzyme (TRH-DE) disclosed.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula 1

Abstract: A class of imidazolyl compounds is described for use in treating inflammation. Compounds of particular interest are defined by Formula V: and pharmaceutically-acceptable salts thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to benzofuranylsulfonates of the general formula (I), their preparation and their use for the treatment of inflammation.

Abstract: Novel non-psychotropic cannabinoids are disclosed and pharmaceutical compositions comprising these novel compounds are described for preventing neurotoxicity, neuroinflammation, immune or inflammatory disorders comprising as active ingredient the stereospecific (+) enantiomer, having (3S,4S) configuration of &Dgr;6 tetrahydrocannabinol type compounds. The compositions are particularly effective in alleviating and even preventing neurotoxicity due to acute injuries to the central nervous system, including mechanical trauma, compromised or reduced blood supply as may occur in cardiac arrest or stroke, or poisonings. They are also effective in the treatment of certain inflammatory disorders and chronic degenerative diseases characterized by neuronal loss and chronic pain including neuropathic pain.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a 1,4-benzothiepine 1,1-dioxide compound of formula I 1

Abstract: Disclosed is an anti-cancer compound represented by Structural Formula (I): 1

Abstract: This invention relates to novel 2,6-substituted chroman derivatives which are useful in the treatment of beta-3 adrenoreceptor-mediated conditions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel imidazolidine derivatives of formula I, 1

Abstract: The invention provides compounds of Formula I: compounds of the Formula I: 1

Abstract: This invention relates to novel phenyl oxazoles, thiazoles, oxazolines, oxadiazoles and benzoxazoles useful as neuro-protective agents.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing tetrasubstituted imidazole derivatives of the general formula (I) 1

Abstract: The invention is directed to substituted thieno[2,3-b]pyrrolidin-5-ones. The compounds are useful as inhibitors of cellular production of tumor necrosis factor (TNF-&agr;) and as antiproliferative agents. These compounds are useful in the treatment or control of neuro-degenerative diseases, cardiovascular diseases, cancer or inflammatory diseases.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, A, X, T, Q, Z, U, Y, Ar, p and n are as defined in the specification. These compounds are useful in the treatment and/or prevention of conditions mediated by nuclear receptors, in particular the Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors (PPAR).

Abstract: This invention is related to novel carboxyl substituted chroman derivatives which are useful in the treatment of beta-3 receptor mediated conditions.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel methylene-dioxybenzenes comprising at least one cationic group Z, Z being chosen from quaternized aliphatic chains, aliphatic chains comprising at least one quaternized saturated ring and aliphatic chains comprising at least one quaternized unsaturated ring, to their use as oxidation dye precursors for the oxidation dyeing of keratin fibres, to dye compositions containing them and to oxidation dyeing processes using them.

Abstract: A compound of the formula 1

Abstract: Nucleic acid labeling compounds containing heterocyclic derivatives are disclosed. The heterocyclic derivative containing compounds are synthesized by condensing a heterocyclic derivative with a cyclic group (e.g. a ribofuranose derivative). The labeling compounds are suitable for enzymatic attachment to a nucleic acid, either terminally or internally, to provide a mechanism of nucleic acid detection.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to compositions and methods for treating disease states which are capable of being modulated by inhibition of phosphodiesterase IV or Tumour Necrosis Factor, or that is a pathological condition associated with a function of phosphodiesterase IV, eosinophil accumulation or a function of the eosinophil, said method comprising administering to a person or animal in need of such treatment an effective amount of the compound of a formula wherein R1 is C1-3 alkyl optionally substituted with one or more fluorines; R2 is CH2OCH3 or 2 or 3-tetrahydrofuranyl; R3 is a pyrazole, imidazole or isoxazole group of partial formula (A), (B) or (C) R4 is C 1-3 alkyl; and R5 and R6, which may be the same or different, each represents C1-3 alkyl, halogen, CF3 or CN; or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt thereof

Abstract: The current invention discloses useful pharmaceutical compositions containing amidino derivative useful as nitric oxide synthase inhibitors.

Abstract: The present invention relates to 3-(2,4-dimethylthiazol-5-yl)indeno[1,2-c]pyrazol-4-ones of formula 1

Abstract: The present invention provides novel ondansetron hydrochloride crystalline polymorphic forms and solvates. Processes for making and interconverting the polymorphic forms are also provided. Further provided are pharmaceutical compositions and therapeutic methods using the novel polymorphic forms and hydrates.

Abstract: Tricyclic sulfonamide compounds and derivatives are described as well as methods for the preparation and pharmaceutical compositions of same, which are useful as inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinases, particularly gelatinase A, collagenase-3, and stromelysin-1 and for the treatment of multiple sclerosis, atherosclerotic plaque rupture, aortic aneurysm, heart failure, left ventricular dilation, restenosis, periodontal disease, or other autoimmune or inflammatory disorders dependent upon tissue invasion by leukocytes or other activated migrating cells, acute and chronic neurodegenerative disorders including stroke, head trauma, spinal cord injury, Alzheimer's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, cerebral amyloid angiopathy, AIDS, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, prion diseases, myasthenia gravis, and Duchenne's muscular dystrophy.

Abstract: To provide a novel compound of the formula: [wherein A1 ix a 5 or 6-membered ring which may be substituted by a group not containing a cyclic group, A2 is an aromatic ring which may be substituted, X is a divalent group, Y is a nitrogen atom or a methine group, Z is an ethenylene which may be substituted or ethynylene, R is a heterocyclic group which may be substituted, provided that 3,4-dihydro-6-[3-(1H-imidazol-1-yl)-1-propenyl]-2(1H)-quinolone and 2-[3-[5-ethyl-6-methyl-2-(benzyloxy)-3-pyridyl]-1-propenyl]benzoxazole are excluded.], or a salt thereof which has steroid C17,20-lyase inhibitory activity, and is useful for preventing and treating mammals suffering from, for example, primary cancer of malignant tumor, its metastasis and recurrence thereof.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I) are disclosed which are vitronectin receptor antagonists and are useful in the treatment of osteoporosis: 1

Abstract: Compounds of Formula 1 1

Abstract: Disclosed are multibinding compounds which inhibit cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), an enzyme which catalyzes the first committed step in the biosynthesis of prostaglandins. The multibinding compounds of this invention containing from 2 to 10 ligands covalently attached to one or more linkers. Each ligand is a moiety capable of binding to COX-2. The multibinding compounds of this invention are useful in the treatment inflammation, pain, fever and the like.

Abstract: Pure 1,2,3,9-tetrahydro-9-methyl-3-[(2-methyl-1H-imidazol-1-yl)methyl]-4H-carbazol-4-one or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is prepared in a high yield by a simple process which reacts 1,2,3,9-tetrahydro-9-methyl-4H-carbazol-4-one with a 2-methylimidazole derivative in an organic solvent or in a mixture of an organic solvent and water in the presence of a halosilane compound.

Abstract: Pure -1,2,3,9-tetrahydro-9-methyl-3-[(2-methyl-1H-imidazol-1-yl)methyl]-4H-carbazol-4-one or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is prepared in a high yield by a simple process which reacts 1,2,3,9-tetrahydro-9-methyl-4H-carbazol-4-one with a 2-methylimidazole derivative in an organic solvent or in a mixture of an organic solvent and water in the presence of a halosilane compound.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula 1 and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, and Z are as defined herein. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of formula 1 and to methods of inhibiting abnormal cell growth, including cancer, in a mammal by administering compounds of formula 1 to the mammal. The invention also relates to intermediates and methods useful in synthesizing compounds of formula 1.

Abstract: Certain novel compounds and derivatives thereof are agonists of the human melanocortin receptor(s) and, in particular, are selective agonists of the human melanocortin-4 receptor (MC-4R). They are therefore useful for the treatment, control, or prevention of diseases and disorders responsive to the activation of MC-4R, such as obesity, diabetes, sexual dysfunction, including erectile dysfunction and female sexual dysfunction.

Abstract: Compounds that modulate gene expression through the estrogen receptor (ER) are disclosed having the following structure, as well as pharmaceutical compositions containing the same: wherein R1, R2, R3, n and p are as defined here. Methods are also disclosed for modulating ER in cells and/or tissues expressing the same, such as bone, breast, prostate, uterus, CNS or the cardiovascular system. Methods for treating estrogen-related conditions are also disclosed, including conditions such as is breast cancer, osteoporosis, endometriosis, cardiovascular disease, hypercholesterolemia, prostatic hypertrophy, prostatic carcinomas, obesity, hot flashes, skin effects, mood swings, memory loss, and adverse reproductive effects associated with exposure to environmental chemicals or natural hormonal imbalances.

Abstract: Compounds having Formula 8 wherein the symbols have the meaning defined in the specification are inhibitors of the cytochrome P450RAI (retinoic acid inducible) enzyme, and are used for treating diseases responsive to treatment by retinoids.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method for the preparation of an enantiomerically pure imidazolyl compound of the general formula wherein: n is 0 or 1; m is 1 or 2; R1 is hydrogen, methyl or ethyl; and C* denotes a chiral center; as well as its pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt. The invention further relates to a method of racemization and to a new acid addition salt of this formula I compound and D-pyroglutamic acid and to the hydrochloride monohydrate of the compound of formula I.

Abstract: This invention relates to certain phenylheterocyclic compounds, herbicidal compositions thereof and a method for their use as general and selective preemergent or postemergent herbicides or plant growth regulants.

Abstract: The invention provides compounds of the formula: wherein the ring A is an optionally substituted benzene ring; R1 is an optionally substituted non-aromatic heterocyclic group; R2 and R3 are independently hydrogen atom or an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group; n is an integer of 0-3; or salts thereof, which are useful as medicines having an osteogenesis promoting effect and chondrogensis promoting effect. The present invention relates to an amine compound having an excellent effect of inhibiting production and/or secretion of amyloid-b protein, a production and use thereof. Especially, it is effective for preventing and/or treating, for example, neurodegenerative diseases, amyloid angiopathy, neurological disorders caused by cerebrovascular disorders, and so forth.

Abstract: There are provided 3-heterocyclic substituted benzisothiazole and benzisoxazole compounds having the structural formula I 1

Abstract: 1,3-Disubstituted Indolin-2-Ones compounds are useful in the treatment of neoplasia.

Abstract: Described are novel photochromic naphtho[1,2-b]pyran compounds having certain substituents at the 2 position of the pyran ring, certain substituents at the 5 and 6 positions and optionally at the 7, 8, 9 and 10-positions of the naphtho portion of the compound. These compounds may be represented by the following graphic formula: Also described are polymeric organic host materials that contain or that are coated with such compounds. Optically clear articles such as ophthalmic lenses or contact lenses that incorporate the novel naphthopyran compounds or combinations thereof with complementary photochromic compounds, e.g., certain other naphthopyrans, benzopyrans, and spiro(indoline)type compounds, are also described.