Abstract: The invention concerns novel polyunsaturated compounds of formula (I) wherein: R1 represents a R?1, -A-R?1 group, R?1 being selected from —COOH, —COOR3, —CONH2, —CONHR3, —CONR3, R4, —CHO, —CH2OH, —CH2OR5, and A represents a C2-C16 alkylene, alkenylene or alkynylene; R2 represents: an optionally substituted aryl group or an optionally substituted heteroaryl group; a sugar residue or, a fatty acid residue optionally branched and/or substituted preferably at the chain terminus and particularly by hydroxy, acetoxy radical or by an optionally protected amino radical; a —OC—(CH2)n CO-tocopheryl (alpha, beta or gamma or delta) group, with 2 $m(F) n $m(F) 10; a —R?2—O—R6 group, wherein R?2 is an optionally substituted arylene group or an optionally substituted heteroarylene group, and R6 represents a hydrogen atom, a straight or branched optionally substituted C1-C16 alkyl, a straight or branched optionally substituted C2-C16 alkenyl, or a straight or branched C2-C16 alkynyl group, an optionally substituted tocophery

Abstract: One aspect of the invention relates to a method of treating or preventing a neurodegenerative disease, comprising the step of administering to a patient in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of an inhibitor of the formation of advanced glycation end products. Another aspect of the invention relates to a proteasome activity-based screening assay to select compounds which may be useful for treating or preventing a neurodegenerative disease, and the materials used therein. Yet another aspect of the invention relates to molecules, and methods of use thereof, which bind at or adjacent to SOD-I Trp32, including molecules that bind in a site adjacent to SOD-I Trp32 whether or not it is oxidized, for treating or preventing neurodegenerative disease.

Abstract: The present invention relates to sodium channel blockers. The present invention also relates to a variety of methods of treatment using the sodium channel blockers.

Abstract: The invention relates to a compound of the formula (I) in which: R1, R2 and R3 are independently a methoxy group optionally substituted by one or more fluorine atoms; R4 is a hydrogen atom; R5 and R6 are identical and each represent a hydrogen or fluorine atom; A is a cycle selected from the group including aryl and heteroaryl groups, wherein said groups can be substituted.

Abstract: The invention relates to a crystalline form of 1-chloro-4-(?-D-glucopyranos-1-yl)-2-[4-((S)-tetrahydrofuran-3-yloxy)-benzyl]-benzene, to a method for the preparation thereof, as well as to the use thereof for preparing medicaments.

Abstract: Tetrasubstituted glucopyranosylated benzene derivatives of general formula (I) as defined according to claim 1, including the tautomers, the stereoisomers thereof, the mixtures thereof and the salts thereof. The compounds according to the invention are suitable for the treatment of metabolic disorders.

Abstract: A compound of formula (I) or a polymorphic form thereof can be used for the preparation of a cosmetic or dermato logical composition for the treatment of skin ageing.

Abstract: The invention provides a tobramycin formulation for delivery by aerosolization in the form of additive-free, isotonic solution whose pH has been optimised to ensure adequate shelf-life at room temperature. Said formulation can be advantageously used for the treatment and prophylaxis of acute and chronic endobronchial infections, in particular those caused by the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa associated to lung diseases such as cystic fibrosis.

Abstract: Methods of treating hyperglycemic, hyperlipidemic, and hyperinsulinemic disorders are provided. Compositions for treating such disorders are also provided. The compositions can include hexose and pentose variants having acid moieties and a substituent Y linked to the six position of a hexose or the five position of the pentose.

Abstract: Use of saffron and its active ingredients, such as safranal and/or picrocrocin and/or crocin and/or derivatives thereof, for the production of an active satiation agent for the treatment of problems of overweight.

Abstract: The present invention provides nitrogen-containing heterocyclic derivatives represented by the general formula: wherein X1 represents N or CR1; X2 represents N or CR2; X3 represents N or CR3; X4 represents N or CR4; and with the proviso that one or two of X1 to X4 represent N; R represents optionally substituted C3-8 cycloalkyl, optionally substituted C6-10 aryl, etc.; R1 to R4 represent H, a halogen atom, etc.) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, or prodrugs thereof, which exert an excellent inhibitory activity in human SGLT2 and are useful as agents for the prevention or treatment of a disease associated with hyperglycemia such as diabetes, diabetic complications, obesity or the like, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, and medicinal uses thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates in part to nettle extracts that are useful for treating or preventing seasonal allergies, allergic rhinitis, and other inflammatory conditions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to hair tonic compositions containing acteoside of formula (I) as an active ingredient. The hair tonic composition of the invention has an excellent hair-growth promoting effect and it can be used to prevent alopecia; furthermore, it has a pleasant skin feeling.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a Polygonum multiflorum extract and the preparation process thereof. The Polygonum multiflorum extract of the present invention mainly comprises 2,3,5,4?-tetrahydroxystilbene-2-O-?-D-glucoside and catechin. The present invention also relates to the use of the Polygonum multiflorum extract of the present invention for the treatment or prevention of dementia.

Abstract: A novel group of aminoglycosides which share some structural features of currently available aminoglycosides with regard to the backbone, while also having significant structural differences, is disclosed. The similarity enables these aminoglycosides to be highly potent and effective antibiotics, while the significant differences enable these aminoglycosides to reduce or even block antibiotic resistance. The aminoglycosides of the present invention are suitable for inhibition of antrax lethal factor, hence are suitable for use as a cure for anthrax.

Abstract: Methods and medicaments therefor are provided for the treatment of cancers of the blood or a complication therewith in an individual. More specifically, the use of particular glycomimetics for the treatment is described. Methods and medicaments therefor are also provided without regard to cancer type for reducing in an individual the myeloablative bone marrow toxicities of chemotherapy.

Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions in the form of a gel for controlled- or sustained-release of a pharmaceutically active agent and to methods for treating or preventing or preventing a condition in an animal by administering to an animal in need thereof the pharmaceutical compositions. One particular type of condition for which the pharmaceutical compositions are useful is a microbial infection, e.g., of the skin, ear, or eye, especially for veterinary applications.

Abstract: The present invention provides pharmaceutical compositions useful as agents for the inhibition of progression of diseases associated with abnormal accumulation of liver lipids. In particular, the pharmaceutical compositions of the present invention which comprise as an active ingredient a sodium/glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitor are highly suitable as an agent for the inhibition of progression of not only common fatty liver but also non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFL), non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH), hypernutritive fatty liver, diabetic fatty liver, alcoholic fatty liver disease toxic fatty liver or the like.

Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions in the form of a gel for controlled- or sustained-release of a pharmaceutically active agent and to methods for treating or preventing or preventing a condition in an animal by administering to an animal in need thereof the pharmaceutical compositions. One particular type of condition for which the pharmaceutical compositions are useful is a microbial infection, e.g., of the skin, ear, or eye, especially for veterinary applications.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel hypocholesterolemic compounds of formula (I) useful in the treatment and prevention of atherosclerosis and for the reduction of cholesterol levels as well as to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds alone or in combination with other active agents

Abstract: The present invention relates to the discovery that specific human taste receptors in the T2R taste receptor family respond to particular bitter compounds present in, e.g., coffee. Also, the invention relates to the discovery of specific compounds and compositions containing that function as bitter taste blockers and the use thereof as bitter taste blockers or flavor modulators in, e.g., coffee and coffee flavored foods, beverages and medicaments. Also, the present invention relates to the discovery of a compound that antagonizes numerous different human T2Rs and the use thereof in assays and as a bitter taste blocker in compositions for ingestion by humans and animals.

Abstract: Conjugates of epothilones and epothilone derivatives (as effectors) with suitable saccharides or saccharide derivatives (as recognition units) are described. Their production is carried out by the recognition units being reacted with suitable linkers, and the compounds that are produced are conjugated to the effectors. The pharmaceutical use of the conjugates for treating proliferative or angiogenesis-associated processes is described.

Abstract: Compounds, compositions and methods are provided for treatment of diseases or complications associated therewith, in which a selectin plays a role. More specifically, particular glycomimetics and uses thereof are described. For example, use of particular glycomimetics for treating sickle cell disease or a cancer involving a selectin, or complications associated with either, is described.

Abstract: The invention relates to agents for sequestering serum aging factors, and methods for using the same. More particularly, the invention relates to agents termed herein “Naractin” to denote any one of several naturally-occurring arNOX inhibitors either present in N. tazetta powder or capable of augmenting N. tazetta powder to an inhibitory level comparable to that of the fresh N. tazetta extracts, and to methods for using “Naractins” to prevent or treat disorders and complications of disorders resulting from cell damage caused by an aging-related isoform of NADH oxidase (arNOX). In one exemplary embodiment the agents of the invention comprise at least one naturally occurring Naractin. Such naturally occurring naractins are also capable of augmenting the anti-arNOX effect of other naturally occurring arNOX inhibitory agents.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to compositions for the sustained delivery of an antibiotic, for example vancomycin, to achieve desirable release profiles. This application is also directed to methods of using the compositions and processes for manufacturing the compositions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to sodium channel blockers. The present invention also includes a variety of methods of treatment using these inventive sodium channel blockers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of beta-naphthoquinone derivatives, and salts thereof, for the prevention and/or the treatment of glutamate cytotoxicity. It further relates to the use of beta-naphthoquinone derivatives, and salts thereof, for preventing and/or treating glutamate induced neurological disorders. Additionally, it concerns the use of beta-naphthoquinone derivatives, and salts thereof, for making drugs exerting an inhibitory effect on the release of glutamate.

Abstract: Polymers containing polyesters and, optionally, agents for use with medical articles and methods of fabricating the same are disclosed. The medical article generally comprises an implantable substrate having a coating, and the coating contains a polymer comprising a polymeric product of a reaction comprising a polyol and a polycarboxylic acid.

Abstract: The present invention provides fused heterocyclic derivatives represented by the general formula: wherein R1 represents H, halogen, OH, etc.; R2 represents H, halogen or an alkyl group; R3 and R4 represent H, OH, halogen, etc.; Q represents alkylene, etc.; ring A represents aryl or heteroaryl; and G represents or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, or prodrugs thereof, which exhibit an excellent inhibitory activity in human SGLT and are useful as agents for the prevention or treatment of a disease associated with hyperglycemia such as diabetes, postprandial hyperglycemia, impaired glucose tolerance, diabetic complications or obesity, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, and pharmaceutical uses thereof.

Abstract: Compounds of 5-thioxylopyranose, preferably derivatives of the 5-thioxilopyranose type, a method for preparing such compounds, and the use of such compounds as an active ingredient in pharmaceutical compositions which are useful, in particular, for treating or inhibiting thrombosis or heart failure or thromboembolic disease states.

Abstract: Provided are compounds having an inhibitory effect on sodium-dependent glucose cotransporter SGLT. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions, methods of preparing the compounds, synthetic intermediates, and methods of using the compounds, independently or in combination with other therapeutic agents, for treating diseases and conditions which are affected by SGLT inhibition.

Abstract: Compounds for the inducing apoptosis in cancer cells are described. The described compounds induce the translocation of protein kinase C-? to the mitochondria and the phosphorylation of mitochondrial phospholipid scramblase 3. The compounds also provide cardioprotection through the translocation and activation of protein kinase C-? in cardiomyocytes, thereby inhibiting apoptosis in carciomyocytes.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a benzylphenyl glucopyranoside derivative having an excellent inhibitory effect on human SGLT1 and/or SGLT2 activity. There is provided a compound or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof represented by the following general formula (I): wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom, an amino group, a hydroxy C1-C6 alkyl group, etc.; R2 represents a hydrogen atom, etc.; R3 represents a C1-C6 alkyl group, a hydroxy C1-C6 alkyl group, etc.; R4 represents a hydrogen atom, a C2-C7 acyl group, etc.; R5, R6, R7, and R8 are the same or different and each represents a hydrogen atom or a C1-C6 alkyl group, provided that R5, R6, R7 and R8 are not hydrogen atoms at the same time; n is 0 to 4; and X is CH or N.

Abstract: Coatings for an implantable medical devices such as stents and methods of fabricating thereof are disclosed. The coatings comprise a biologically absorbable poly(ester amide), which is a polymeric product of a reaction between a diol-diamine and a dicarboxylic acid.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel method for inhibiting sugar-induced weight gain resulting from fructose and glucose driven lipogenesis. The method for inhibiting sugar-induced weight gain is comprised of administering a composition comprising a mixture of Free-B-Ring flavonoids and flavans synthesized and/or isolated from a single plant or multiple plants, preferably in the Scutellaria and Acacia genus of plants to a host in need thereof. The present also includes novel methods for the prevention and treatment of diseases and conditions resulting from high carbohydrate ingestion. The method for preventing and treating these sugar-induced diseases and conditions is comprised of administering to a host in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a composition comprising a mixture of Free-B-Ring flavonoids and flavans synthesized and/or isolated from a single plant or multiple plants, preferably in the Scutellaria and Acacia genus of plants and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the formulation and delivery of prostaglandin analogs to treat epithelial-related condition. In some embodiments, the compositions of the invention are used to stimulate hair growth. In some embodiments, the compositions of the invention are used to restore hair color to depigmented hair. The present invention further relates to the formulation and delivery of prostaglandin analogs to reduce intraocular pressure.

Abstract: Methods to produce resveratrol and/or resveratrol glucoside in a recombinant oleaginous microorganism are provided. Expression of a resveratrol synthase gene in combination with genes involved in the phenylpropanoid pathway enabled recombinant microbial production of resveratrol in significant amounts.

Abstract: Combination therapy comprising RXR modulators and glucose reabsorption inhibitors useful for the treatment of diabetes and Syndrome X are disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention has an object to provide an ophthalmic pharmaceutical composition, particularly, an ophthalmic solution, ophthalmic ointment, ophthalmic wash, intraocular infusion solution, wash for anterior chamber, internal medicine, injection, or preservative for extracted cornea, which has improved therapeutic and/or prophylactic effects on the swelling, edema and walleye/cloudiness in the lens and/or the cornea induced by ophthalmic diseases including cataract and which is safe and successively used for a relatively long period of time. The present invention solves the above object by providing an ophthalmic pharmaceutical composition incorporated with a saccharide having a basic structure consisting of four glucose molecules bound together in a cyclic manner via a specific binding fashion.

Abstract: The disclosure provides compositions comprising liquiritigenin, or derivatives, or prodrugs, useful as estrogen receptor beta selective agonists. The disclosure also provides methods of treating menopausal symptoms, and estrogen-dependent disorders, with said compositions.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a combination of active ingredients, selected from resveratrol and piceatannol precursors and functional derivatives thereof, in addition to the use of the stereoisomeric forms of said ingredients, in the form of salts or phenol respectively, for producing an agent for the prevention and/or treatment of diseases, whose occurrence and/or progress is associated with an increased IL-6 serum level and/or whose occurrence and/or progress can be treated by a dose of a selective oestrogen receptor ? (ER-?) agonist.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a composition for preventing harmful organisms exerting an excellent control effect against plant diseases and/or insecticidal effect.

Abstract: The present invention provides glucopyranosyloxypyrazole derivatives represented by the general formula: wherein R represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group or a group forming a prodrug; one of Q and T represents a group represented by the general formula: (wherein P represents a hydrogen atom or a group forming a prodrug), while the other represents a lower alkyl group or a halo(lower alkyl) group; R2 represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a lower alkoxy group, a lower alkylthio group, a halo(lower alkyl) group or a halogen atom; and with the proviso that P does not represent a hydrogen atom when R represents a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which exert an inhibitory activity in human SGLT2 and have an improved oral absorption, and therefore are useful as agents for the prevention or treatment of a disease associated with hyperglycemia such as diabetes, diabetic complications or obesity, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts there

Abstract: A composition includes polydatin and solvent for dissolving the polydatin, wherein the solvent comprises alcohol in a range between 40 and 95% by volume, propanediol in a range between 0 and 60% by volume, and water in remaining volume. The concentration of the polydatin must be at least 6 mg/ml. The composition has good stability in cold preservation. The composition is in a pharmaceutically acceptable administrative form selected from the group consisting of an intravenous injection, and intramuscular injection, an oral administration, a spray solution, and an aerosol form.

Abstract: The invention provides compositions and methods for the treatment and diagnosis of diseases or disorders amenable to treatment through modulation of expression of a gene encoding a Jun N-terminal kinase 1 (JNK1 protein.

Abstract: This invention relates to a combination product or medicament comprising at least one novel substituted pyrrole derivative and one or more dyslipidemic agents, antiobesity agents, antihyperglycaemic agents, anti-inflammatory agents or mixture thereof.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to synthetic molecules having biological activity similar to PIM (acyl glycerol phosphatidylinositol manno-oligosacccharide) activity, for use in the treatment and prevention of inflammatory or immune cell mediated diseases or disorders.

Abstract: The present invention provides glucopyranosyloxypyrazole derivatives represented by the general formula: wherein R represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group or a group forming a prodrug; one of Q and T represents a group represented by the general formula: (wherein P represents a hydrogen atom or a group forming a prodrug), while the other represents a lower alkyl group or a halo(lower alkyl) group; R2 represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a lower alkoxy group, a lower alkylthio group, a halo(lower alkyl) group or a halogen atom; and with the proviso that P does not represent a hydrogen atom when R represents a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which exert an inhibitory activity in human SGLT2 and have an improved oral absorption, and therefore are useful as agents for the prevention or treatment of a disease associated with hyperglycemia such as diabetes, diabetic complications or obesity, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereo

Abstract: The present invention provides methods for the treatment of an endobronchial infection in a patient by administering to the endobronchial system of the patient a dry powder aerosol composition comprising from 90 to 130 mg of an aminoglycoside antibiotic one to three times a day for a first treatment period of 20 to 36 days.

Abstract: The invention relates to a pharmaceutically active composition or pharmaceutical form of administering that contains at least one of the active ingredients indomethacin or acemetacin and optionally other adjuvants, the composition containing the active ingredient, or a mixture of the active ingredients, in micronized form, preferably mixed with at least one flavonoid derivative or a polypeptide or with a mixture of such compounds.