Patents Assigned to De Montford University
  • Anthraquinone anticancer drugs
    Patent number: 6465522
    Abstract: A molecule of formula (I); wherein: X is a halogen, or a substituted sulfonate group; m=1-5; n=1-5; R1, R2=H, C1-4 lower alkyl or C1-4 lower alkyl chain having additional functionality; and the amino group −NR1R2 linked to the anthraquinone is primary, secondary or tertiary or is a tertiary group in the N-oxide form having the formula —N(O)R1R2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Assignee: De Montford University
    Inventors: Gerard Andrew Potter, Laurence Hylton Patterson, Paul Teesdale-Spittle, Zennia Paniwynk