Patents Assigned to Uniwersylet Jagiellonski
  • Use of quaternary pyridinium salts as a therapeutic or preventing agent against ionizing radiation-induced damage
    Patent number: 8304439
    Abstract: A method for the treatment or prevention of a cell or tissue damage in a living subject due to the exposure to ionizing radiation is provided, which comprises administration to said subject of a compound of formula (I) wherein R? is H, OH, CONH2 or COCH3, R? is H or CH3, R?? is H or CH3, and X? is a pharmaceutically acceptable counterion, in an amount sufficient to inhibit radiation-induced damage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignees: Politechnika Lodzka, Uniwersylet Jagiellonski
    Inventors: Jerzy Gebicki, Andrzej Marcinek, Stefan Chlopicki, Marek K. Janiak