Abstract: The present invention relates to novel derivatives of 3-hydroxyanthranilic acid, 3-HANA, of the general formula I ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are the same or different and selected from H and alkyl; X is selected from alkylthio, arylthio, aryloxy, halogen and cyano; R.sup.3, R.sup.4 are the same or different and selected from halogen, methyl, fluoroalkyl, cyano and Z--R.sup.5 wherein Z is selected from CH.sub.n, NH.sub.m, O, S, SO.sub.2 and CO wherein n=1 or 2; m=0 or 1 and R.sup.5 is selected from alkyl, aryl and fluoroalkyl; or R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 together form a saturated or unsaturated ring system Y--V--Z wherein Y and Z, independently of each other, are as defined for Z above and V is selected from C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkylene or alkenylene, --N.dbd., --N.dbd.N-- and ##STR2## wherein R.sub.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel derivatives of 3-hydroxyanthranilic acid, 3-HANA of general formula (I), wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are the same or different and selected from H and alkyl; X is selected from alkylthio, arylthio, aryloxy, halogen and cyano; R.sup.3, R.sup.4 are the same or different and selected from halogen, methyl, fluoroalkyl, cyano and Z-R.sup.5 wherein Z is selected from CH.sub.n, NH.sub.m, O, S, SO.sub.2 and CO wherein n=1 or 2; m=0 or 1 and R.sup.5 is selected from alkyl, aryl and fluoroalkyl; or R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 together form a saturated or unsaturated ring system Y-V-Z wherein Y and Z, independently of each other, are as defined for Z above and V is selected from C.sub.1 -C.sub.3 alkylene or alkenylene, --N.dbd., --N.dbd.N-- and (a), wherein R.sub.7 .dbd.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a class of 4,6-disubstituted tryptophan derivatives, 4,6-disubstituted kynurenines, their use as NMDA antagonists and to pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel derivatives of 3-hydroxyanthranilic acid, 3-HANA, of the general formula I ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are the same or different and selected from H, alkyl, aryl and arylalkyl; X and Y are the same or different and selected from alkoxy, aryloxy, alkyl, alkylthio, arylthio, fluoroalkyl, halogen, cyano, OSO.sub.2 CH.sub.3, OSO.sub.2 CF.sub.3, OCF.sub.3 and SCF.sub.3 with the proviso that the compound of formula I wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 =H, X=Br and Y=Me is excluded;or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, methods and intermediates for their preparation, novel pharmaceutical compositions and the use thereof for inhibiting the enzyme 3-hydroxyanthranilate oxygenase, 3-HAO, responsible for the production of the endogenous neurotoxin quinolinic acid, QUIN.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use in the treatment of cognitive disorders associated with the aging processes of the brain and perinatal brain disorders of compounds which act as inhibitors of the enzyme kynurenine aminotransferase (KAT).The present invention also provides, as novel compounds, a selected class of KAT inhibitors which are the compounds of formula (IA) ##STR1## wherein R is halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, C.sub.5 -C.sub.7 cycloalkyl, phenyl-C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkoxy, C.sub.6 -C.sub.10 aryloxy, phenyl-C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy or trifluoromethyl, andR.sub.1 is hydroxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkoxy, amino, mono-C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkylamino, di-C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkylamino, hydroxylamino, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxyamino or benzyloxyamino; with the provisos that(i) when R.sub.1 is hydroxy and, at the same time, R is halogen, then this halogen is not fluorine; and(ii) when R.sub.1 is hydroxy and, at the same time, R is C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, then this C.sub.1 -C.sub.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a class of 4,6-disubstituted tryptophan derivatives, 4,6-disubstituted kynurenines, their use as NMDA antagonists and to pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a class of 4,6-disubstituted tryptophan derivatives, 4,6-disubstituted kynurenines, their use as NMDA antagonists and to pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a class of 4,6-disubstituted tryptophan derivatives, 4,6-disubstituted kynurenines, their use as NMDA antagonists and to pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds.

Abstract: The (-)-D-isomers of compounds of the general formula ##STR1## in which X stands for an acidic radical, especially a radical of phosphonic acid, sulphonic acid, boronic acid or tetrazole,R stands for an alkylene, alkenylene or alkynylene radical with 3 or more carbon atoms, preferably 3 to 6 carbon atoms, or a C.sub.3 to C.sub.7 cycloalkyl radical, andA and B independently of each other stand for a hydrogen atom or a lipophilic radical, especially an ester radical,or salts thereof, or pharmaceutically acceptable bioprecursors thereof, especially (-)-D-aminophosphonopentanoic acid and (-)-D-aminophosphonoheptanoic acid, find use in the treatment of diseases of the central nervous system.The compound aminophosphonoheptanoic acid is also novel as a racemic mixture and the present invention also relates to that compound in racemic form which may be used in the same way as the said (-)-D-isomers.