Abstract: A compound that contains herbal supplements to increase the frequency and lucidity of a person's erotic or sexual dreams. The compound can be used by anyone wishing to enhance their lucid erotic dreams, or may also be taken by people suffering from jet lag or insomnia. Modes of delivery are by capsule, tablet, soft gel, transdermal patch, liquid, and gum.

Abstract: The present invention relates to nicotinanilides of the formula I in which: n=0, 1, 2; m=2, 3; X1=F, chlorine; X2=halogen; Y=CN, NO2, C1-C4-alkyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl, methoxy or methylthio; p=0, 1; R1=halogen, methyl, C1-C4-haloalkyl, methoxy, methylthio, methylsulfinyl or methylsulfonyl; R2=hydrogen, methyl or ethyl; W=O, S; processes for preparing these compounds, compositions and seed comprising them and also methods for controlling harmful fungi.

Abstract: Method for controlling rust infections in leguminous plants by using orysastrobin, mixtures of orysastrobin and a fungicidally active compound II from the group of the azoles, acylalanines, amine derivatives, anilinopyrimidines, dicarboximides, dithiocarbamates, heterocylic compounds, phenylpyrroles, cinnamides, and analogs, or other fungicides according to the description, and also compositions and seed comprising these mixtures.

Abstract: Fungicidal mixtures, comprising as active components 1) carbamate oxime ethers of the formula I, in which X is N or CH, and 2) at least one active compound II selected from the group of the azoles, strobilurins, carboxamides, heterocyclic compounds, carbamates, guanidines, antibiotics, nitrophenyl derivatives, sulfur-containing heterocyclyl compounds, organometallic compounds, organophosphorus compounds, organochlorine compounds, inorganic active compounds, cyflufenamid, cymoxanil, dimethirimol, ethirimol, furalaxyl, metrafenone and spiroxamine, in a synergistically effective amount, methods for controlling harmful fungi using mixtures of the compound I with active compounds II, the use of the compound I with active compounds II for preparing such mixtures and compositions comprising these mixtures.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compositions comprising various vitamins and minerals and methods for using these compositions for nutritional supplementation in, for example, pregnant or lactating subjects.

Abstract: What is described are compounds of the formulae (I) and (II) where the symbols and indices have the meanings given in the description. These compounds are suitable for controlling animal pests.

Abstract: An N-methyl hydroxyethyleneamine useful in treating CNS conditions, including neurodegenerative ones such as Alzheimer's Disease, is disclosed.

Abstract: Combination of one or more CB2 modulators and one or more PDE4 inhibitors, and method of treating conditions which are mediated by the activity of CB2 receptors or conditions which are mediated by PDE4.

Abstract: New composition of candesartan cilexetil is prepared using up to 20% of carrageenan which suitably stabilized the active ingredient against degradation during the tableting.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition comprising, in a physiologically acceptable medium, at least one copolymer of a styrene monomer and of an ethylenically unsaturated dicarboxylic acid and at least one anti-seborrhoeic active agent.

Abstract: The invention concerns benzamide derivatives of Formula (I) wherein R1a, R1b, R1c, R2, R3, R4, integer m, integer n and W have any of the meanings defined in the description; processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use in the manufacture of a medicament for use as an antiproliferative agent in the prevention or treatment of tumours or other proliferative conditions which are sensitive to the inhibition of histone deacetylase (HDAC).

Abstract: The present invention is directed to compositions of nicotinamide derivatives combined with wakame seaweed, wakame extracts, or glycosaminoglycans, and their use in treating skin diseases and disorders.

Abstract: The invention provides compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of Formula I wherein the variables A1, A2, R1, R2, V, W, X, Y, and Z are defined herein. Certain compounds of Formula I described herein which possess potent antiviral activity. The invention particularly provides compounds of Formula I that are potent and/or selective inhibitors of Hepatitis C virus replication. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions containing one or more compound of Formula I, or a salt, solvate, or acylated prodrug of such compounds, and one or more pharmaceutically acceptable carriers, excipients, or diluents. The invention further comprises methods of treating patients suffering from certain infectious diseases by administering to such patients an amount of a compound of Formula I effective to reduce signs or symptoms of the disease or disorder. These infectious diseases include viral infections, particularly HCV infections.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a stable pharmaceutical composition of a combination of amlodipine and an ACE inhibitor; wherein the two active ingredients are not physically separated and the composition has a pH of more than 6.0. It also relates to a process for preparation, and a method for using such a composition.

Abstract: This invention relates to novel biphenylcarboxamides of the formula (I) in which R, Z, X, Y, m, n and A are as defined in the disclosure, to a plurality of processes for preparing these compounds and their use for controlling unwanted microorganisms, and to novel intermediates and their preparation.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound having aggrecanase inhibitory activity and MMP-13 inhibitory activity, and useful as a therapeutic agent for osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and the like, more specifically, a cyclopropane compound of formula (1): wherein R1 is —(CH2)m—X—(CH2)n-A1 etc., wherein m and n are the same or different and each is 0 to 6, X is a single bond, etc. and A1 is a substituted C3-14 hydrocarbon ring group, etc.; R2 and R3 are the same or different and each is a hydrogen atom, —(CH2)p—X1—(CH2)q-A2, etc., wherein p and q are the same or different and each is 0 to 6, X1 is a single bond, etc. and A2 is an optionally substituted C3-14 hydrocarbon ring group, etc.; R4 is —CO2R9, etc., wherein R9 is a hydrogen atom, etc.; and R20 and R21 are the same or different and each is a hydrogen atom, —(CH2)m12—X12—(CH2)m12—R30, etc., wherein m12 and m12 are the same or different and each is 0 to 6, X12 is a single bond, etc. and R30 is a hydrogen atom, etc.

Abstract: A method of controlling phytopathogenic diseases on useful plants or on propagation material thereof, which comprises applying to the useful plants, the locus thereof or propagation material thereof a combination of components A) and B) in a synergistically effective amount, wherein component A) is a compound of formula (I), wherein R1 is difluoromethyl or trifluoromethyl and R2 is C1-C6alkyl, C1-C4alkoxy-C1-C6 alkyl or C1-C6 haloalkyl; or a tautomer of such a compound; and component B) is a compound selected from compounds known for their fungicidal and/or insecticidal activity, is particularly effective in controlling or preventing fungal diseases of useful plants.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula wherein R1 to R8 are as defined in the description and claims, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds are useful for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases which are associated with the modulation of CB1 receptors.

Abstract: The present invention concerns an extended release formulation having an accelerating erosion and/or dissolution rate of the surface of the formulation. The formulation comprises a drug having low solubility in water dispersed or dissolved in at least one erasable hydrophilic polymeric matrix.

Abstract: The present disclosure describes a novel composition for the treatment and/or prevention of neurogenic inflammation. Such composition is also useful in the treatment and/or prevention of disease states and conditions associated with neurogenic inflammation. Such disease states and conditions include, but are not limited to, migraine headache, arthritis and fibromyalgia. The composition comprises nutrient compounds in a novel combination and formulation to treat and/or prevent neurogenic inflammation and disease states and conditions associated therewith. By reducing neurogenic inflammation, the compositions of the present disclosure reduce the symptoms associated with neurogenic inflammation, such as pain and systemic inflammation in general.

Abstract: Fungicidal mixtures, comprising A) the triazolopyrimidine of the formula I ?and B) amide compounds of the formula II where X1 and X2 are halogen, nitro, cyano, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, haloalkyl, haloalkenyl, haloalkynyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, haloalkylthio, alkylsulfinyl or alkylsulfonyl; x is 1, 2, 3 or 4; and y is 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5; in a synergistically effective amount, methods for controlling harmful fungi using mixtures of the compounds I and II, compositions comprising these compounds and the use of the compounds I and II for preparing such mixtures are described.

Abstract: Amlodipine free base can be formulated into a convenient oral dosage form, especially a tablet, without excessive stickiness or tablet punch residue. The amlodipine free base can be crystalline Form I or a novel Form II. Methods of making and using the amlodipine free base are set forth.

Abstract: The invention relates to new pyridylalkane, alkene, and alkine acid amides substituted with an aryl and/or heteroaryl residue according to the general formula (I), with a saturated or one or several-fold unsaturated hydrocarbon residue in the carboxylic acid group, methods for the synthesis of these compounds, medicaments containing these and their production as well as their therapeutic use, especially as cytostatic agents and immunosuppressive agents, for example in the treatment or prevention of various types of tumors and control of immune reactions such as autoimmune diseases.

Abstract: An amide of the formula I and its tautomeric forms, possible enantiomeric and diastereomeric forms, E and Z forms, and possible physiologically tolerated salts, in which the variables have the following meanings: A —(CH2)p—R1, where R1 can be pyrrolidine [sic], morpholine [sic], piperidine [sic], —NR5R6 and ?and R5, R6 and R7 can, independently of one another, be hydrogen, C1-C4-alkyl, CH2Ph, Ph, CH2CH2Ph, it also being possible for the phenyl rings to be substituted by R6, and p can be 1 and 2, and B can be phenyl [sic], pyridyl [sic], pyrimidyl [sic] and pyridazyl [sic], it also being possible for the rings to be substituted by up to 2 R8 radicals, and D can be a bond, —(CH2)m—, —CH?CH—, —C?C—, and R2 is chlorine, bromine, fluorine, C1-C6-alkyl, NHCO—C1-C4-alkyl, NHSO2—C1-C4-alkyl, NO2, —O—C1-C4-alkyl and NH2, and R3 is —C1-C6-alkyl, branched or unbranched, and which may also carry a phenyl ring, indolyl ring or cyclohexyl ring which is in turn substituted by by [sic] a maximum of two R8 radicals

Abstract: A method is provided for lowering blood pressure in a patient having clinically diagnosed resistant hypertension. The method comprises administering darusentan to the patient adjunctively with a baseline antihypertensive regimen that comprises administration of at least one diuretic and at least two antihypertensive drugs selected from at least two of (a) ACE inhibitors and angiotensin II receptor blockers, (b) beta-adrenergic receptor blockers and (c) calcium channel blockers. The darusentan is orally administered at a dose and frequency effective, in combination with the baseline regimen, to provide a reduction of at least about 3 mmHg in one or more blood pressure parameters selected from trough sitting systolic, trough sitting diastolic, 24-hour ambulatory systolic, 24-hour ambulatory diastolic, maximum diurnal systolic and maximum diurnal diastolic blood pressures.

Abstract: Disclosed is a floating sustained release pharmaceutical dosage form including a drug that is adapted to release the drug over an extended period of time. The buoyant pharmaceutical dosage form provides extended gastric residence time of the formulation so that substantially all of the drug is released in the stomach over an extended period. The pharmaceutical dosage form is formulated with low molecular weight concentrated milk proteins to provide buoyancy to the dosage form which can float in gastric fluid for an extended period, including up to about 48 hours.

Abstract: The present invention provides compositions and methods for lowering plasma Lp(a) levels in humans. The present invention provides compositions and methods for lowering the risk factors for cardiovascular diseases. Moreover, this invention provides therapeutic alternatives to current pharmaceutical interventions for the lowering of cholesterol, LDL-cholesterol, triglycerides and other metabolic risk factors.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel active compound combinations of certain cyclic ketoenols and certain active compounds that together have unexpectedly good insecticidal and acaricidal properties.

Abstract: What is described are compounds of the formulae (I) and (II) where the symbols and indices have the meanings given in the description. These compounds are suitable for controlling animal pests.

Abstract: The present invention is directed in part towards methods of modulating the function of calcium channels with pyridine- or 1,4-dihydropyridine-based compounds. In addition, the invention describes methods of preventing and treating protein kinase-related abnormal conditions in organisms with a compound identified by the invention. Furthermore, the invention pertains to pyridine- or 1,4-dihydropyridine-based compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula wherein X and R1 to R8 are as defined in the description and claims, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The compounds are useful for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases which are associated with the modulation of CB1 receptors, such as obesity.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I): useful in treating Alzheimer's disease and other similar diseases. These compounds include inhibitors of the beta-secretase enzyme that are useful in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease and other diseases characterized by deposition of A beta peptide in a mammal. The compounds of the invention are also useful in pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment to reduce A beta peptide formation.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the new use of bradycardiac substances such as a Ca++ channel blocker, beta-receptor blocker or if channel blocker, the if channel blockers being preferred, optionally in combination with a cardioactive substance for inducing the regression of myocardial diseases accompanied by hypertrophy, particularly for the treatment of idiopathic hypertrophic cardiomyopathies (HCM) in humans and domestic pets.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel 1,4-dihydro-1,4-diphenylpyridine derivatives of formula (I) wherein the variable groups are as defined in the text and claims. Processes for their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and methods of treatment of inflammatory processes, expecially chronic obstructive pulmonary diseases, using them are also disclosed and claimed.

Abstract: A pesticidal composition comprising a pesticidally effective amount of at least one of a pyridic compound of the formula (I) or it salt and at least one of other pesticides: wherein Y is a haloalkyl group, m is 0 or 1, and Q is or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group, (wherein X is an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, R1 and R2 are respectively independently a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkynyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group, and the like.

Abstract: Novel pyraole derivatives of formula (I), wherein: X is oxygen or sufu, R1 is C1–C3alkyl, C1–C3haloalkyl, C1–C3alkoxy-C1–C3alkyl or C1–C3haloalkoxy-C1–C3alkyl; R2 is C1–C3haloalkyl; and R3 is halogen. The novel compounds have plant-protective properties and are suitable for protecting plants against infestations by phytopathogenic microorganisms.

Abstract: Pleuromutilin compounds of the formula: are of use in anti-bacterial therapy.

Abstract: This invention relates to a series of substitituted amino acids of Formula I pharmaceutical compositions containing them and intermediates used in their manufacture. The compounds of the invention are small molecules which bind to the erythropoietin receptor and compete with the natural ligand for binding to this receptor.

Abstract: Methods for treating cardiovascular and related diseases such as hypertrophy are described. The methods are directed to concurrently administering a compound such as pyridoxal-5?-phosphate, pyridoxamine, pyridoxal, or a 3-acylated pyridoxal analogue with a therapeutic cardiovascular compound.

Abstract: Methods for treating cardiovascular and related diseases such as myocardial infarction are described. The methods are directed to concurrently administering a compound such as pyridoxal-5?-phosphate, pyridoxamine, pyridoxal, or a 3-acylated pyridoxal analogue with a therapeutic cardiovascular compound.

Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): are inhibitors of p38 kinase and are useful in the treatment of conditions or disease states mediated by p38 kinase activity or mediated by cytokines produced by the activity of p38.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I) in which R1, R2 and X1 have the meanings given in the specification, modulate metabotropic glutamate receptor function and are useful in treating disorders of the central nervous system

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds, compositions and methods for the selective inhibition of cathepsin S. In a preferred aspect, cathepsin S is selectively inhibited in the presence of at least one other cathepsin isozyme (e.g., cathespin K). The present invention also provides methods for treating a disease state in a subject by selectively inhibiting cathepsin S.

Abstract: Fungicidal mixtures comprise as active components a) an amide compound of the formula I A-CO—NR1R2I ?in which A, R1 and R2 are as defined in the description, and b) dimethomorph or flumetover, and/or c) a valinamide of the formula III ?in which R13 is C3–C4-alkyl and R14 is naphthyl or phenyl, where the phenyl radical is substituted in the 4-position by a halogen atom, a C1–C4-alkyl or C1–C4-alkoxy group, and/or d) benalaxyl, ofurace, metalaxyl, furalaxyl or oxydixyl, and/or e) 1-(2-cyano-2-methoxyiminoacetyl)-3-ethylurea in a synergistically effective amount.

Abstract: Mono-acylated o-phenylendiamines derivatives of formula A wherein Ar, R1, and R2 are as described herein, have been found useful for the treatment of diseases mediated by the inhibition of histone deacetylase, such as cancer.

Abstract: A NF-?B inhibitor represented by the following formula (I) is provided: ?

Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutically acceptable compounds, including acylguanidine compounds, and methods of treatment and pharmaceutical compositions that utilize or comprise one or more such compounds. Compounds of the invention are particularly useful for the treatment or prophylaxis of neurological injury and neurodegenerative disorders.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound formula [I]: wherein Y is bond, —O—(CH2)n— (in which n is 1, 2, 3 or 4), etc., Z is cyano, tetrazolyl, etc., R1 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, etc., R2 is hydrogen or an amino protective group, R3 is hydrogen or lower alkyl, R4 is hydrogen or lower alkyl, R5 and R8 are each independently hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy, lower alkyl, etc., R6 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, etc., R9 is hydrogen or lower alkyl, and i is 1 or 2, or a salt thereof. The compound [I] of the present invention and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are useful for the prophylactic and/or the therapeutic treatment of pollakiurea or urinary incontinence.

Abstract: The present invention provides certain monofluoroalkyl derivatives useful for potentiating glutamate receptor function in a mammal and therefore, useful for treating a wide variety of conditions, such as psychiatric and neurological disorders.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds, process for their synthesis, compositions and methods for the treatment and prevention of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. In particular, the present invention provides novel compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and methods for using these compounds in the treatment or prevention of HCV infection. The present invention also provides processes and intermediates for the synthesis of these compounds.