Abstract: This invention pertains to the discovery of a novel family of thiolesters and uses thereof. Also provided for are viricidal compounds and pharmaceutical formulations comprising these novel thiolesters. The invention also provides thiolester-inactivated viruses and thiolester-complexed viral proteins.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 16, 2003
Publication date:
July 8, 2004
Applicant:
The Government of the U. S.of America as Represented by The Sec. of Health and Human Svc.
Inventors:
James A. Turpin, Yongsheng Song, Ettore Appella, John K. Inman, David G. Covell, William G. Rice, Anders Wallqvist, Andrew Maynard, Mingjun Huang