Abstract: This invention pertains to certain acridone and acridine compounds of the formula which inhibit telomerase, regulate cell proliferation, etc., and/or treat cancer, proliferative conditions, etc.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to acridone and acridine compounds of formula (I), wherein either: (a) K is ?O, L is —H, alpha single bond, beta is a double bond, gamma is a single bond (acridones); or, (b) K is a 9-substituent, L is absent, alpha is a double bond, beta is a single bond, gamma is a double bond (acridines); and wherein: J1 is a 2- or 3-substituent; J2 is a 6- or 7-substituent; J1 and J2 are each independently a group of the formula —NHCO(CH2)nNR1R2, wherein: n is an integer from 1 to 5; and, R1 and R2 are independently hydrogen, C1-7alkyl, C3-20heterocyclyl, or C5-20aryl, or R1 and R2, taken together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, form a heterocyclic ring having from 3 to 8 ring atoms; and wherein, when K is a 9-substituent, K is a group of the formula —N(RN)Q, wherein: RN is an amino substituent and is hydrogen, C1-7alkyl, C3-20heterocyclyl, or C5-20aryl; and, Q is C1-7alkyl, C3-20heterocyclyl, or C5-20aryl, and is optionally substituted; and pharmaceutically acceptable sal

Abstract: Indazole compounds that modulate and/or inhibit the activity of certain protein kinases are described. These compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing them are capable of mediating tyrosine kinase signal transduction and thereby modulate and/or inhibit unwanted cell proliferation. The invention is also directed to the therapeutic or prophylactic use of pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, and to methods of treating cancer and other disease states associated with unwanted angiogenesis and/or cellular proliferation, such as diabetic retinopathy, neovascular glaucoma, rheumatoid arthritis, and psoriasis, by administering effective amounts of such compounds.

Abstract: Methods and apparatuses for treating fluids to inactivate microorganisms which may be present therein, said fluid containing one or more components selected from the group consisting of protein, blood and blood constituents are provided. The methods comprise adjusting the percentage of plasma in said fluid to a desired value; mixing an inactivation-effective, substantially non-toxic amount of an endogenous photosensitizer or endogenously-based derivative photosensitizer to said fluid; exposing said fluid to photoradiation of sufficient wavelength and energy to activate the photosensitizer, whereby said microorganisms are inactivated.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel treatment for senile dementia (Alzheimer's Type), comprising administering an anti-complement protein to a patient in need of such treatment in an amount sufficient to inhibit the complement cascade and thereby inhibit the production or enlargement of amyloid plaques in the brain of the patient. The present invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising anti-complement protein, or derivatives thereof, and/or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof in a variety of unique pharmaceutical dosage forms.

Abstract: The present invention relates to derivatives of 4-(Thio- or Selenoxanthene-9-ylidene)-piperidine or acridine and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, use of these compounds as a medicament and for the manufacture of a medicament for treatment of a disease state which can be alleviated by treatment with a 5-HT2B antagonist.

Abstract: A compound of formula 1 wherein X?, A, R1, R2, R3, and R4 may have the meanings given in the claims and in the specification, processes for preparing them, their use in pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of treating patients using them.

Abstract: A method for increasing the systemic exposure of cells selected from tumor cells and normal cells to an orally administered pharmaceutically active compound, wherein a bioenhancer comprising an inhibitor of BCRP is orally administered concomitantly with said orally administered pharmaceutically active compound, and in which method the inhibitor is administered simultaneously with the pharmaceutical compound.

Abstract: The nonenzymatic glycation and crosslinking of proteins is a part of the aging process with the glycation endproducts and crosslinking of long-lived proteins increasing with age. This process is increased at elevated concentrations of reducing sugars in the blood and in the intracellular environment such as occurs with diabetes. The structural and functional integrity of the affected molecules become disturbed by these modifications and can result in severe consequences. The compounds of the present invention can be used to inhibit this process of nonenzymatic glycation and therefore to inhibit some of the ill effects caused by diabetes or by aging. The compounds are also useful for preventing premature aging, spoilage of proteins in food and can prevent discoloration of teeth.

Abstract: A fungicidal composition and method of treating plant diseases using a compound of the formula I.

Abstract: Process for preparing 3-[(4S)-5-oxo-2-(trifluoromethyl)-1,4,5,6,7,8-hexahydroquinolin-4-yl]benzonitrile, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compound and methods of treatment using the same.

Abstract: Compounds of the general formula I wherein rings B, C, D and E may be present or not and, when present, are combined with A as A+C, A+E, A+B+C, A+B+D, A+B+E, A+C+E, A+B+C+D or A+B+C+D+E, rings B, C and E being aliphatic whereas ring D may be aliphatic or aromatic/heteroaromatic, and wherein X is —(CH2)m—, in which m is an integer 1–3, to form a ring E or, when E is absent, a group R1 bound to the nitrogen atom, wherein R1 is selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, alkyl or haloalkyl groups of 1 to 3 carbon atoms, cycloalkyl(alkyl) groups of 3 to 5 carbon atoms (i.e.

Abstract: The invention provides methods for treating neuropsychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, Alzheimer's Disease, autism, depression, benign forgetfulness, childhood learning disorders, closed head injury, and attention deficit disorder. The methods entail administering to a patient diagnosed as having a neuropsychiatric disorder a pharmaceutical composition containing (i) a therapeutically effective amount of D-alanine (or a modified form thereof), provided that the composition is substantially free of D-cycloserine, and/or (ii) D-serine (or a modified form thereof), and/or (iii) 105 to 500 mg of D-cycloserine (or a modified form thereof), and/or (iv) N-methylglycine (or a modified form thereof).

Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition in the form of a solid dispersion comprising a macrolide, e.g. a rapamycin or an ascomycin, and a carrier medium.

Abstract: This invention relates to a method of treating cognition deficit disorders comprising administering to a mammal in need of such treatment an effective amount of a dual histamine H3 receptor antagonist/m2 muscarinic antagonist, or a combination of a histamine H3 receptor antagonist and a m2 muscarinic antagonist.

Abstract: Compounds of formula 1, in which Het is an unsubstituted or R6- and/or R7-substituted pyrrolyl, furanyl, thiophenyl, pyrazolyl, imidazolyl, oxazolyl, isoxazolyl, thiazolyl, isothiazolyl, thiadiazolyl, pyrimidinyl, pyrazinyl or pyradazinyl radical, or an unsubstituted or R6- and/or R7-substituted fused bi- or tricyclic ring system comprising at least one aromatic ring and up to 4 heteroatoms-selected from the group consisting of O (oxygen), S (sulfur), N (nitrogen)- which is bonded to the phenanthridinyl radical via one of the rings comprising one or more heteroatoms, are active PDE4 inhibitors.

Abstract: Compounds or their salts having general formulas (I) and (II): wherein s is an integer equal to 1 or 2, A is the radical of a drug that satisfies certain pharmacological tests, C and C1 are bivalent radicals, and precursors of the radicals B and B1 satisfy certain pharmacological tests.

Abstract: The present invention relates to genetic mutations in mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase genes that segregate with Alzheimer's disease (AD). The invention provides methods for detecting such mutations, as a diagnostic for Alzheimer's Disease, either before or after the onset of clinical symptoms. The invention further provides treatment of cytochrome c oxidase dysfunction.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of acridine or acridine derivatives, preferably in combination with benzalkonium chloride, for the inactivation of enveloped or nonenveloped viruses. The process according to the invention is preferably carried out in the presence of proteins whose biological activity is substantially retained.

Abstract: An agent for prophylaxis or therapy of cholinergic nerve disorder, which contains, as an active ingredient, a pharmaceutical agent capable of increasing the choline transporter number on the cell membrane surface of cholinergic nerve terminal or a pharmaceutical agent capable of increasing the choline transporter number on the cell membrane surface by acting on intracellular localized changes of the choline transporters.

Abstract: This invention relates to 9-anilinoacridine compounds, and more particularly to their synthesis and their use in pharmaceutical compositions for treating diseases.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I) 1

Abstract: The invention is drawn to compositions and methods for inhibiting and treating malformed forms of proteins causing neurodegenerative disease, such as protease resistant prion proteins (PrPSc) and those associated with transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs). Bis-acridines are characterized by a dimeric motif, comprising two acridine heterocycles tethered by a linker. A library of bis-(6-chloro-2-methoxy-acridin-9-yl) and bis-(7-chloro-2-methoxy-benzo[b][1,5]naphthyridin-10-yl) analogs were synthesized to explore the effect of structurally diverse linkers on PrPSc replication in ScN2a cells. Structure-activity analysis revealed that linker length and structure effect inhibition of prion replication in cultured, scrapied cells.

Abstract: A combination of 9,10-dihydro-5-methoxy-9-oxo-N-[4-[2-(1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-6,7,-dimethoxy-2-isoquinolinyl)ethyl]pheny]-4-acridinecarboxamide or a salt thereof and paclitaxel and its analogs or derivatives.

Abstract: This invention relates to 9-anilinoacridine compounds, and more particularly to their synthesis and their use in pharmaceutical compositions for treating diseases.

Abstract: This invention relates to salts of guanidine derivatives of formula R—X—C(═NH)NH3+Z−, wherein X represents a valence bond, —CH2—NH—, —CH2—NH—NH— or —CH═N—NH—; R represents a linear or branched C1-C30 alkyl, C3-C20 cycloalkyl, adamantyl, norbornyl, tricyclodecyl, benzyl, furyl, pyridyl, anthracyl, naphthyl, phenanthryl, perinaphthyl or quinuclidinyl residue, which can be substituted by one or more hydroxyl groups, C1-C4 alkoxy groups, C1-C4 alkyl groups and/or one or more halogen atoms or one or more amino groups; Z represents O—CO—Y, O—S(O)2—Y, or O—P(O)(OH)—Y; and Y represents a linear or branched C1-C12 alkyl, C3-C8 cycloalkyl, benzyl, furyl or pyridyl residue, which can be substituted by one or more hydroxyl groups, carboxylic acid groups, C1-C4 alkoxy groups, C1-C4 alkyl groups and/or one or more halogen atoms or one or more amino groups.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula I, 1

Abstract: The invention relates to novel quinoline derivatives of the formula 1, to their preparation and to their use as medicaments, in particular for treating tumors.

Abstract: Agents for improving excretory potency of the urinary bladder which comprises an amine compound of non-carbamate-type having an acetylcholinesterase-inhibiting action.

Abstract: The invention features a method for treating a patient having a cancer or other neoplasm by administering to the patient two compounds simultaneously or within 14 days of each other in amounts sufficient to treat the patient.

Abstract: The present invention provides a therapeutic agent for bladder irritative symptoms associated with benign prostatic hyperplasia comprising, as an active ingredient, a tricyclic compound represented by formula (I): 1

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the formula and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof wherein R, Ar, A, n, R1 and R2 are defined herein. These compounds are highly selective agonists, antagonists or inverse agonists for GABAA brain receptors or prodrugs of agonists, antagonists or inverse agonists for GABAA brain receptors and are therefore useful in the diagnosis and treatment of anxiety, depression, Down Syndrome, sleep and seizure disorders, overdose with benzodiazepine drugs and for enhancement of memory. Pharmaceutical compositions, including packaged pharmaceutical compositions, are also disclosed.

Abstract: This invention relates to anti-inflammatory compounds, methods of making such compounds and methods of using such compounds having the following structure: 1

Abstract: Compounds having the formula (I), 1

Abstract: The invention relates to novel acridine derivatives of formula 1, to their preparation and to their use as medicaments, in particular for treating tumors.

Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions for treatment or prevention of memory impairment which comprise a cholinesterase inhibitor and at least one other pharmacologically active agent selected from HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, cholesterol absorption inhibitors, gamma or beta secretase inhibitors, NMDA antagonists, muscarinic receptor agonists and nicotinic receptor agonists. Additionally, the present invention relates to the use of these pharmaceutical compositions to treat or prevent memory impairment in a mammal, such as a human.

Abstract: This invention concerns the use of compounds of formula 1

Abstract: Compounds of the general formula I and salts thereof with pharmaceutically acceptable acids or bases are disclosed as well as the use of such compounds for the manufacturing of pharmaceutical compositions for the treatment of Parkinson's disease, psychoses, Huntington's disease, impotence, renal failure, heart failure or hypertension. Pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treating Parkinson's disease and schizophrenia are also disclosed.

Abstract: A new agricultural and horticultural fungicide having an excellent control effect is provided. 4-Quinolinol derivatives represented by the following formula: or agriculturally and horticulturally acceptable acid addition salts thereof.

Abstract: Certain derivatives of acridones and benzothiadiazines have been found to have anti-cancer properties by virtue of their specific inhibition of the cyclin D dependent kinase CDK4. These molecules inhibit CDK4 activity more than they inhibit the activity of other such kinases (e.g. CDC2 and CDK2). This specificity results in an improved therapeutic index when used as drugs to treat susceptible cancers.

Abstract: There is provided a method of reducing insulin resistance in a mammalian subject comprising administering a suitable acetylcholine esterase antagonist

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of the formula (I) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts having useful antiviral activity against viruses of the herpes family. In said formula, X=O, (CH2)m, S, SO, SO2, NH, NR8 or a chemical bond; Y=O, (CH2)m, S, SO, SO2, NH, NR8; Z=NH, O, NR8, S, SO, SO2. The remaining substituents are described in the specification.

Abstract: Methods and compositions are disclosed that provide acetylcholinesterase inhibitors for the prevention and treatment of diseases and disorders of the central nervous system, including dementia such as Alzheimer's disease, to the central nervous system via intranasal delivery. The methods and compositions of the present invention provide therapeutic concentrations of the acetylcholinesterase inhibitor in the cerebrospinal fluid of a mammal without the attendant disadvantages, risks and side effects of oral or injection delivery.

Abstract: The nonenzymatic glycation and crosslinking of proteins is a part of the aging process with the glycation endproducts and crosslinking of long-lived proteins increasing with age. This process is increased at elevated concentrations of reducing sugars in the blood and in the intracellular environment such as occurs with diabetes. The structural and functional integrity of the affected molecules become disturbed by these modifications and can result in severe consequences. The compounds of the present invention can be used to inhibit this process of nonenzymatic glycation and therefore to inhibit some of the ill effects caused by diabetes or by aging. The compounds are also useful for preventing premature aging, spoilage of proteins in food and can prevent discoloration of teeth.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to acridone and acridine compounds of formula (I), wherein either: (a) K is ═O, L is —H, alpha is a single bond, beta is a double bond, gamma is a single bond (acridones); or, (b) K is a 9-substituent, L is absent, alpha is a double bond, beta is a single bond, gamma is a double bond (acridines); and wherein: J1 is a 2- or 3-substituent; J2 is a 6- or 7-substituent; J1 and J2 are each independently a group of the formula —NHCO(CH2)nNR1R2, wherein: n is an integer from 1 to 5; and, R1 and R2 are independently hydrogen, C1-7alkyl, C3-20heterocyclyl, or C5-20aryl, or R1 and R2, taken together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, form a heterocyclic ring having from 3 to 8 ring atoms; and wherein, when K is a 9-substituent.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel compounds of formula I which may be useful in hyperpolarizing cell membranes, opening potassium channels, relaxing smooth muscle cells, and inhibiting bladder contractions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to small molecule antagonists of Bcl-2 family proteins such as Bcl-2 and/or Bcl-XL. In particular, the present invention provides non-peptide cell permeable small molecules (e.g., tricyclo-dibenzo-diazocine-dioxides) that bind to a pocket in Bcl-2/Bcl-XL that block the anti-apoptotic function of these proteins in cancer cells and tumor tissues exhibiting Bcl-2 protein overexpression. In preferred embodiments, the small molecules of the present invention are active at the BH3 binding pocket of Bcl-2 family proteins (e.g., Bcl-2, Bcl-XL, and Mcl-1). The compositions and methods of the present invention are useful therapeutics for cancerous diseases either alone or in combination with chemotherapeutic or other drugs.

Abstract: This invention concerns the compounds of formula 1

Abstract: Antimicrobial compositions containing a singlet oxygen-generating agent and a lubricant exhibit very effective antimicrobial activity against a variety of organisms, including Gram-positive bacteria, Gram-negative bacteria, fungi and yeast. The compositions have particular utility as beverage container lubricants. The passage of a container along a conveyor is antimicrobially lubricated by applying a lubricant to at least a portion of the container-contacting surface of the conveyor or to at least a portion of the conveyor-contacting surface of the container and generating singlet oxygen in situ. This method provides effective control of microbes on a beverage conveyor line, at rates comparable to purely chemical biocidal systems.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the general formula (I) 1