Abstract: The present invention relates to cyclic sulfone moiety-containing hydroxyethylamine protease inhibitor compounds and pharmaceutical or method of use therefor, particularly as an inhibitor of HIV protease.

Abstract: The present invention relates, in general, to a method of preventing or delaying the onset of Alzheimer's disease and related neurodegenerative disorders. The invention also relates to a method of treating Alzheimer's disease and related neurodegenerative disorders so as to ameliorate the further progress of symptoms. The methods involve the administration of a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agent and/or a histamine H2 receptor blocking agent. According to indication, the present method can be applied to individuals who are currently asymptomatic but at risk of developing Alzheimer's disease, to individuals who have mild cognitive symptoms that may either denote an incipient prodrome of Alzheimer's disease or represent early symptoms (prodromal stage), or to individuals who have a clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease.

Abstract: Novel PDF inhibitors and novel methods for their use are provided.

Abstract: This invention provides estrogen receptor modulators of formula I, having the structure wherein, R1, R2, R3, X, and Y are as defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of Formula 1: Formula 1 which are agonists of the M-1 muscarinic receptor.

Abstract: The invention provides compounds having the thiophene or furan skeleton and uses thereof. The invention provides methods of using the compounds and/or compositions in the treatment of a variety of diseases and unwanted conditions in subjects. Kits comprising the compounds of the invention are also provided. The compounds and compositions disclosed herein are preferably used in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, cardiovascular diseases, proliferative diseases, and visual disorders. In particular, methods and compositions for the treatment of stroke are disclosed herein.

Abstract: The present invention provides an antiproliferative compound having the structural formula 1

Abstract: A compound of formula Id and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof, wherein the substituent designations are as provided in the specification. Compounds of the invention are useful for treating reperfusion injury.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the general formula (II) and salts and physiologically functional derivatives thereof, 1

Abstract: The sulfonamide or carboamide derivatives of the formula (I) and a pharmaceutical composition which comprise them as an active ingredient: (wherein A ring, B ring is carbocyclic ring, heterocyclic ring; Z1 is —COR1, —CH═CH—COR1 etc.; Z2 is H, alkyl etc.; Z3 is single bond, alkylene; Z4 is SO2, CO; Z5 is alkyl, phenyl, heterocyclic ring etc.; R2 is CONR8, O, S, NZ6, Z7-alkylene, alkylene etc.; R3 is H, alkyl, halogen, CF3 etc.; R4 is H, (substituted) alkyl etc.; n, t is 1-4). The compounds of the formula (I) can bind to receptors of PGE2 and show antagonistic activity against the action thereof or agonistic activity. Therefore, they are considered to be useful as medicine for inhibition of uterine contraction, analgesics, antidiarrheals, sleep inducers, medicine for increase of vesical capacity or medicine for uterine contraction, cathartic, suppression of gastric acid secretion, antihypertensive or diuretic agents.

Abstract: Compounds of formula I wherein A, R1 and R2 are defined in the specification. These compounds are useful as HDAC inhibitors. Also disclosed are methods of making and using said compounds.

Abstract: The invention relates to the treatment of viral, bacterial, parasitic, proliferative diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, inflammatory diseases, immunological diseases, transplanted organ rejection, and diseases produced by intoxication with heavy metals. The invention relates to the use of specific metal chelating agents including, furoic acid, 2-thiophenecarboxylic acid and their derivatives, analogs and structurally related chemicals as pharmacological agents that can be used effectively to disrupt and inactivate specific transition metal ion containing zinc finger structural motifs in metalloproteins and specific transition metal ion containing catalytic sites in metalloproteinases, which in turn, inactivate the pathogenic virus, pathogenic prokaryotic or eukaryotic cells which produces disease conditions. The preparations can be administered topically or for systemic use.

Abstract: The current invention provide novel retinoid compounds and methods for their synthesis, methods of treating or preventing emphysema, cancer and dermatological disorders and pharmaceutical compositions suitable for the treatment or prevention of emphysema, cancer and dermatological disorders.

Abstract: The provides compounds for the treatment of sickle-cell disease. In particular, the invention provides 5-membered heterocyclic anti-sickling agents that are highly effective and non-toxic, and methods for their use. The compounds include analogues and derivatives of naturally occurring occurring 5-hydroxymethyl-2-furfuraldehyde, 5-Ethyl-2-furfuraldehyde, 5-Methyl-2-furfuraldehyde, and 2-furfuraldehyde, and prodrug forms of the compound.

Abstract: The present invention describes compounds of the general formula I 1

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: The (R) and (S) enantiomers of a compound of formula I 1

Abstract: Compounds of formula I: [wherein: X represents —CH═CH—, —CH═CR—, —CR═CR—, —CO—, —O—, —NH—, —NR—, S—, —SO—, —SO2—, —CH═N—, —CR═N—, —CH═N(O)—, —CR═N(O)— or any other atom or group of atoms capable of forming a S— or 6-membered heterocyclic ring; Y1, Y2 and Y3 independently represent hydrogen or halogen; R1, R2 and R3 are independently represent hydrogen, halogen, hydrocarbyl (—R), hydroxyl (—OH), hydrocarbyloxy (—O—R), mercapto (—SH), hydrocarbylthio (—S—R), hydrocarbylsulfinyl (—SO—R), hydrocarbylsulfonyl (—SO2—R), nitro (—NO2), amino (—NH2), hydrocarbylamino (—NHR), bis(hydrocarbyl)amino (—NR2), hydrocarbylcarbonylamino (—NH—CO—R), cyano (—CN), carbamoyl (—CONH2), hy

Abstract: Acne is treated or prevented by the topical application of compositions containing an alkanolamine such as dimethylaminoethanol, tyrosine, and a sulfur ingredient such as lipoic acid or glutathione. Adjunct ingredients such as fatty acid esters of ascorbic acid, e.g., ascorbyl palmitate and &agr;-hydroxy acids may be included in the formulations. Compositions of the invention may be used alone, or, in many preferable embodiments, in combination with conventional acne medications such as anti-acne products containing salicylic acid, benzoyl peroxide, or a retinoid. In these embodiments, alkanolamine compositions of the invention are applied to affected skin areas first, and then a conventional acne medication is applied. This maximizes the efficacy of the treatment while minimizing skin irritation caused by conventional medications.

Abstract: Compounds are described that bind to tubulin causing tubulin depolymerization and inhibiting tubulin polymerization. The compounds of the invention are therapeutically effective to inhibit cellular proliferation, for example, as effective anti-cancer agents. The compounds can also induce cytotoxicity in cells such as leukemia cells. The chemical structure of the compounds includes a furan, thiophene, thiazole, oxazole, or imidazole group at one end of the molecule (head) and a hydrophobic, aliphatic chain at the other end of the molecule (tail).

Abstract: The present invention provides carbanilides of formula (I), wherein A, Q, R, X, Z and m are as defined herein. A plurality of processes for preparing these compounds is provided, along with methods of using the compounds to control microorganisms in crops and in the protection of materials. The compounds of the present invention also find use in controlling animal pests.

Abstract: Method for preventing or inhibiting the transmission of HIV to susceptible uninfected cells by administering to the HIV, to cells infected with HIV, and/or to the uninfected cells, an effective amount of a compound of formula (I), wherein X is O or S, prior to the HIV or the cells infected with HIV, contacting the uninfected cells.

Abstract: 1

Abstract: The use of oxathiazolones of formula is described R1 is phenyl unsubstituted or substituted by one or more C1-C5 alkyl, hydroxyl, halogen substituents or by a 1,3,4-oxathiazol-2-one radical. in the antimicrobial treatment of surfaces. The compounds exhibit a pronounced action against pathogenic gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, and also against yeasts and moulds.

Abstract: The present invention makes available methods and reagents for inducing activation of a hedgehog pathway in a cell or tissue comprising contacting the cell with a hedgehog agonist, such as a small molecule, in a sufficient amount to achieve a therapeutic result. In certain embodiments, the methods and reagents may be employed to correct or inhibit an aberrant or unwanted growth state, e.g., by antagonizing a normal ptc pathway or agonizing smoothened or hedgehog activity.

Abstract: This application relates to a compound of formula I (or a prodrug thereof or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the compound or prodrug thereof) as defined herein, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and its use as an inhibitor of factor Xa, as well as a process for its preparation and intermediates therefor.

Abstract: A class of compounds is described which can be used for the treatment of viral infections. Compounds of particular interest are defined by Formula II wherein each of R1, R2, and R3 is independently selected from hydrido, halo, and nitro; wherein R8 is selected from haloalkyl, optionally substituted aryl, optionally substituted aralkyl, optionally substituted heteroaryl, optionally substituted arylalkoxy and optionally substituted aryloxyalkyl; where Y is selected from fluoroalkyl, and wherein R9 alkylamino; or a pharmaceutically-acceptable salt or tautomer thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to thienyl substituted acylguanidine derivatives, such as compounds of formula (I) in which R1, R2, R4, R6, A, B and D have the meanings indicated in the claims, their physiologically tolerable salts and their prodrugs. The compounds of the present invention are valuable pharmaceutical active compounds. They are vitronectin receptor antagonists and inhibitors of bone resorption by osteoclasts. They are suitable, for example, for the therapy and prophylaxis of diseases which are caused at least partially by an undesired extent of bone resorption, for example of osteoporosis. The invention furthermore relates to processes for the preparation of thienyl substituted acylguanidines, their use, in particular as active ingredients in pharmaceuticals, and pharmaceutical preparations comprising them.

Abstract: The invention relates to the treatment of viral, bacterial, parasitic, proliferative diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, inflammatory diseases, immunological diseases, transplanted organ rejection, and diseases produced by intoxication with heavy metals. The invention relates to the use of specific metal chelating agents including, furoic acid, 2-thiophenecarboxylic acid and their derivatives, analogs and structurally related chemicals as pharmacological agents that can be used effectively to disrupt and inactivate specific transition metal ion containing zinc finger structural motifs in metalloproteins and specific transition metal ion containing catalytic sites in metalloproteinases, which in turn, inactivate the pathogenic virus, pathogenic prokaryotic or eukaryotic cells which produces disease conditions. The preparations can be administered topically or for systemic use.

Abstract: Compounds of formula I: 1

Abstract: Process of treatment of mammals, including humans to treat diseases or conditions of the type which are normally treated with retinoid-like compounds is disclosed, with pharmaceutical compositions containing an active compound which is a selective agonist of the RXR retinoid receptor sites in preference to the RAR retinoid receptor sites. A compound is defined to be a selective agonist of the RXR receptor site if the compound is at least approximately ten times more effective as an agonist in the RXR receptor sites than in the RAR receptor sites.

Abstract: The present invention claims and discloses a pharmaceutical composition suitable for oral administration, in form of an emulsion pre-concentrate, comprising

Abstract: The present invention relates to small molecules according to the formula [I]: which are potent inhibitors of &agr;4&bgr;1 mediated adhesion to either VCAM or CS-1 and which can be used for treating or preventing &agr;4&bgr;1 adhesion mediated conditions in a mammal such as a human.

Abstract: The present invention describes novel nitrosated and/or nitrosylated nonsteroidal antiinflammatory compounds, and novel compositions comprising at least one nitrosated and/or nitrosylated nonsteroidal antiinflammatory compound, and, optionally, at least one compound that donates, transfers or releases nitric oxide, elevates endogenous levels of endothelium-derived relaxing factor, stimulates endogenous synthesis of nitric oxide or is a substrate for nitric oxide synthase. The present invention also provides methods for treating, preventing and/or reducing inflammation, pain, and fever; decreasing or reversing the gastrointestinal, renal and other toxicities resulting from the use of nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs; treating and/or preventing gastrointestinal disorders; treating inflammatory disease states and disorders; and treating and/or preventing ophthalmic diseases or disorders.

Abstract: Tetrahydrofurans, tetrahydrothiophenes, pyrrolidines and cyclopentanes are disclosed that reduce the chemotaxis and respiratory burst leading to the formation of damaging oxygen radicals of polymorphonuclear leukocytes during an inflammatory or immune response. It has been determined that 5-lipoxygenase activity, oral availability, and stability in vivo (for example, glucuronidation rate) can vary significantly among the optical isomers of the disclosed compounds.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula and salts thereof wherein the substituents are defined as in accordance with the specification useful for the treatment of tumor growth, osteoporosis, inflammation and cardiovascular disorders.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of at least one RAR receptor agonist ligand, particularly 6-[3-(adamantan-1-yl)-4-(prop-2-ynyloxy)phenyl]naphthalene-2-carboxylic acid or 5-[(E)-3-oxo-3-(5,5,8,8-tetrahydronaphthalene-2-yl)propenyl]thiophene-2-carboxylic acid, to prepare a pharmaceutical composition for increasing the rate of apoptosis in at least one cell population in which apoptosis may be induced by activating RAR-&ggr; receptors. The composition is particularly useful for treating a disease or disorder related to an insufficient rate of apoptosis in at least one cell population in which apoptosis may be induced by activating RAR-&ggr; receptors.

Abstract: A method of inhibiting a physiological disorder associated with an excess of neuropeptide Y or its symptoms comprising administering to a human in need thereof an effective amount of a compound having the formula wherein R1 and R3 are independently hydrogen,  or  wherein Ar is optionally substituted phenyl; R2 is selected from the group consisting of pyrrolidine, hexamethyleneamino, and piperidino; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of solvate thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to cyclic sulfone moiety-containing hydroxyethylamine protease inhibitor compounds and pharmaceutical or method of use therefor, particularly as an inhibitor of HIV protease.

Abstract: The present invention relates to certain resorcinol derivatives and their use as skin lightening agents.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of the formula [1′] 1

Abstract: The invention concerns novel carbanilides of formula (I), in which A, Q, R, X, Z and m have the meanings given in the description. The invention further concerns a plurality of processes for preparing these substances, in their use as microbiocides for controlling undesirable microorganisms both in crop protection and in the protection of materials. Additionally, they are suitable for controlling animal pests.

Abstract: The present invention provides certain N-substituted sulfonamide 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: This invention relates to anti-inflammatory compounds, methods of making such compounds and methods of using such compounds having the following structure:

Abstract: Phenylacetic acid derivatives of the formula I where the variables are as disclosed herein, their salts, processes and intermediates for their preparation, and their use for controlling harmful fungi and animal pests.

Abstract: Compounds of formula I 1

Abstract: This invention relates to a series of substituted benzophenone and sulfone compounds of the formula I wherein ring A, Z, Y, R and X are defined as in the specification, that exhibit activity as glycine transport inhibitors, their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pharmaceutical compositions containing them, and their use for the enhancement of cognition and the treatment of the positive and negative symptoms of schizophrenia and other psychoses in mammals, including humans.

Abstract: A PGD2 receptor antagonist such as a compound of the formula (IA-a-5): a pharmaceutical acceptable salt thereof or a hydrate thereof, has an efficacious activity for the prevention or treatment of itching and is useful as a medicament.

Abstract: This invention relates to prostaglandin agonists, methods of using such prostaglandin agonists, pharmaceutical compositions containing such prostaglandin agonists and kits containing such prostaglandin agonists. The prostaglandin agonists are useful for the treatment of bone disorders including osteoporosis.

Abstract: This invention is directed to compounds of formula (III): wherein B, C, D, E, R1, R2 and R3 are disclosed herein. These compounds are disclosed as being useful as anti coagulants.