Publication number: 20030212145
Abstract: The subject invention provides R(+)-N-propargyl-1-aminoindan and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, as well as pharmaceutical compositions containing same. The subject invention also provides methods of treating a subject afflicted with Parkinson's disease, a memory disorder, dementia, depression, hyperactive syndrome, an effective illness, a neurodegenerative disease, a neurotoxic injury, stroke, brain ischemia, a head trauma injury, a spinal trauma injury, neurotrauma, schizophrenia, an attention deficit disorder, multiple sclerosis, or withdrawal symptoms, using R(+)-N-propargyl-1-aminoindan or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the subject invention. The subject invention further provides a method of preventing nerve damage in a subject. Finally, the subject invention provides methods of preparing R(+)-N-propargyl-1-aminoindan, a salt thereof, and racemic N-propargyl-1-aminoindan.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 27, 2002
Publication date:
November 13, 2003
Applicants:
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd., Technion Research Development Foundation, Ltd.
Inventors:
Moussa B.H. Youdim, John P.M. Finberg, Ruth Levy, Jeffrey Sterling, David Lerner, Haim Yellin, Alex Veinberg
Patent number: 6645998
Abstract: The present invention provides an antiproliferative compound having the structural formula
wherein X is oxygen, nitrogen or sulfur; R1 is alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, heteroaryl, carboxylic acid, carboxylate, carboxamide, ester, thioamide, thiolacid, thiolester, saccharide, alkoxy-linked saccharide, amine, sulfonate, sulfate, phosphate, alcohol, ethers and nitriles; R2 is hydrogen, methyl, benzyl carboxylic acid, benzyl carboxylate, benzyl carboxamide, benzylester, saccharide and amine; R3 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, methyl, benzyl carboxylic acid, benzyl carboxylate, benzyl carboxamide, benzylester, saccharide and amine; R4 is of methyl, benzyl carboxylic acid, benzyl carboxylate, benzyl carboxamide, benzylester, saccharide and amine; and R5 is alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, heteroaryl, carboxyl, amide and ester. Also provided is a method for inducing apoptosis in a cell comprising administering a composition comprising a compound.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 12, 2002
Date of Patent:
November 11, 2003
Assignee:
Research Development Foundation
Inventors:
Bob G. Sanders, Kimberly Kline, Laurence Hurley, Robb Gardner, Marla Menchaca, Weiping Yu, Puthucode N. Ramanan, Shenquan Liu, Karen Israel