Abstract: Etoposide analogs with improved water-solubility such as 4?-O-Demethyl-4?-(N?,N?-dimethyl-glycyl)-4?-(4?-nitroanilino)-4-desoxy-podophyllotoxin (8) and 4?-O-Demethyl-4?-(N?,N?-dimethyl-glycyl)-4?-(4?-fluoroanilino)-4-desoxy-podophyllotoxin (9) are described, along with pharmaceutical formulations containing the same, methods of use thereof, and intermediates and methods of making the same.

Abstract: The invention refers to the use of specific cyclolignans, wherein the carbon atoms in positions 9 and 9? have cis configuration, for inhibition of the insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor. Said compounds can be used for treatment of IGF-1R dependent diseases, such as cancer, psoriasis, atherosclerosis and acromegaly. A preferred compound is picropodophyllin.

Abstract: Novel tellurium-containing compounds and uses thereof as immunomodulators are disclosed.

Abstract: Novel salicylic anilides are chemical uncouplers useful e.g. for the treatment of obesity.

Abstract: The invention refers to the use of specific cyclolignans, wherein the carbon atoms in positions 9 and 9? have cis configuration, for inhibition of the insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor. Said compounds can be used for treatment of IGF-1R dependent diseases, such as cancer, psoriasis, artherosclerosis and acromegaly. A preferred compound is picropodophyllin.

Abstract: 4-O esters of podophyllotoxin and 4?-demethylepipodophyllotoxin are provided. The compounds are 4-O esters of an alkanoic acid or substituted alkanoic acid and podophyllotoxin and 4?-demethylepipodophyllotoxin. The compounds are useful for treating cancer.

Abstract: Compounds, compositions, methods of making, and methods of using analogues of (?)-picropodophyllin, as well as a transgenic animal model and its use for identifying anticancer agents.

Abstract: Tetrazole compounds substituted directly, or by a bridge, with i) a heteroaryl moiety containing N adjacent to the point of connection of the heteroaryl and ii) another heteroaryl or aryl ring, with at least one of the rings being further substituted with another ring, are mGluR5 modulators useful in the treatment of psychiatric and mood disorders such as, for example, schizophrenia, anxiety, depression, panic, and bipolar disorder, as well as in the treatment of pain, Parkinson's disease, cognitive dysfunction, epilepsy, circadian rhythm disorders, drug addiction, drug abuse, drug withdrawal, obesity and other diseases.

Abstract: A process for the production of a substance or composition for the therapeutic or prophylactic treatment of erectile dysfunction or the enhancement of libido in a male human or animal subject comprises the step of formulating the substance or composition from at least one of plant material and an extract of plant material of at least one plant species of the family Geraniaceae.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a benzoylurea compound represented by formula (I): wherein, X and Y represent a fluorine atom or a chlorine atom, R1 represents a lower alkyl group or the like, R2 represents a lower alkyl group, R3 represents a halogen atom or the like, R4 represents an alkylthio group optionally substituted with one or more of halogen atoms, or a salt thereof, and use thereof for controlling pests and the like.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel podophyllotoxin derivatives substituted in the 4-position by a substituted (poly)aminoalkylaminoacetamide chain, to their process of preparation and to their use as medicament as anticancer agents.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods of treating of disorders characterized by defective mitochondrial activity. In particular compounds of the present invention can be used in the treatment metabolic diseases and neurodegenerative diseases. The methods are also useful to increase oxidative phosphorylation or to decrease reactive oxygen species (ROS) production in a subject in need thereof.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds having the structure (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and m are as defined herein. The compounds of this invention are novel therapeutic agents for the treatment of cancer, metabolic diseases and skin disorders in mammalian subjects. These compounds are also useful modulators of gene expression. They exert their activity by interfering with certain cellular signal transduction cascades. The compounds of the invention are thus also useful for regulating cell differentiation and cell cycle processes that are controlled or regulated by various hormones or cytokines. In particular, the invention relates to compounds that induce apoptosis of cancer cells and therefore may be used for the treatment or prevention of cancer, including advanced cancers and pre-cancerous cells. The invention also discloses pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment of disease in mammals.

Abstract: The prodrug of the invention is a modified form of a therapeutic agent and comprises a therapeutic agent, an oligopeptide, a stabilizing group and, optionally, a linker group. The prodrug is cleavable by the enzyme Thimet oligopeptidase, or TOP. Also disclosed are methods of designing prodrugs by utilizing TOP-cleavable sequences within the conjugate and methods of treating patients with prodrugs of the invention.

Abstract: Nanoparticles made from a select group of lipids and optionally containing a therapeutically active agent are employed in pharmaceutical compositions for delivery to targeted tissues and/or cells for the treatment or diagnosis of such diseases as cancer.

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of the general formula (I), wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R8?, R9, W, a, b and n have the significances given in claim 1, and optionally the enantiomers thereof. The active ingredients have advantageous pesticidal properties. They are especially suitable for controlling parasites on warm-blooded animals.

Abstract: Novel ligand compounds having the structural formula (I): and the salts and optical/geometrical isomers thereof are suited for formulation into pharmaceutical compositions useful in human or veterinary medicine, or, alternatively, into cosmetic compositions.

Abstract: Compounds of Formula I are described: preferably subject to the proviso that either (a) R2 and R3 together form —O—CH(R10)—O—, or (b) R5 and R6 together form —O—CH(R10)—O—, wherein R10 is H, halo, or loweralkyl. Pharmaceutical salts, formulations, and methods of using the same in the treatment of cancer are also described.

Abstract: The invention relates to a feed containing conventional feed substances, or feed additives for producing said feed. According to the invention, the feed or fed additive contains a protopine alkaloid, in particular ?-allocryptopine, preferably in combination with at least one benzophenanthridine alkaloid in an active quantity as a stimulant and appetite enhance for commercial animals.

Abstract: Ionic compounds which are liquids at room temperature are formed by the method of mixing a neutral organic liqand with the salt of a metal cation and its conjugate anion. The liquids are hydrophobic, conductive and stable and have uses as solvents and in electrochemical devices.

Abstract: In only two steps and in 65% overall yield, natural trioxane artemisinin (I) was converted on gram scale into C-10-carba trioxane dimer (3). This new, very stable dimer was then transformed easily in one additional step into four different dimers (4-7). Alcohol and diol dimers (4 and 5) and ketone dimer (7) are 10 times more antimalarially potent in vitro than artemisinin (I), and alcohol and diol dimers (4 and 5) are strongly inhibitory but not cytotoxic toward several human cancer cell lines. Water-soluble carboxylic acid derivatives (8a-10c and 12) were easily prepared from dimers (4-6); they are thermally stable even at 60° C. for 24 hours, are more orally efficacious as antimalarials than either artelinic acid or sodium artesunate, and have potent and selective anticancer activities.

Abstract: A process to obtain synthetic and semi-synthetic derivatives of lignans, especially dibenzylbutyrolactonic, tetrahydrofuranic, aryltetralynic, furofuranic and dibenzocyclooctanic lignans obtained by means of partial synthesis and/or full synthesis or also by isolation from plant extracts. It refers to a process to obtain synthetic and semi-synthetic derivatives of (?)-cubebin, such as: (?)-O-acetylcubebin; (?)-O-methylcubebin; (?)-O—N,N-(dimethylamino-ethyl)-cubebin; (?)-hinokinin; (?)-6,6?-dinitroinokinine; (?)-O-benzylcubebin; (?)-6,6?-diaminoinokinin, (?)-6,6?-dinitroinokinin, as well as to obtain dibenzocyclooctanic lignans from dibenzylbutyrolactoinic lignans by means of structural modifications in the positions 7, 7?, 8, 8?, 9? and in the aromatic rings (introduction and/or substitution of functional groups such as: —OH, —CO2H, —CO2CH3, —NO2, —NH2, —OCH3, —OAc, —SO2CH3, —SO2NH2, prenyl and halogens) is provided. A therapeutic method using the derivatives is also provided.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel antiviral helioxanthin analogs. These compounds may particularly be used alone or in combination with other drugs for the treatment of the following: hepadnaviruses, flaviviruses, herpesviruses and human immunodeficiency virus. In addition, compounds according to the present invention can be used to prevent or reduce the likelihood of the occurrence of tumors secondary to virus infection as well as other infections or disease states that are secondary to the virus infection.

Abstract: The present invention provides a composition (e.g., a pharmaceutical composition) for reducing aging-related mitochondrial antioxidant status changes in a subject, wherein the composition comprises Schisandrin B. The present invention further provides a composition (e.g., a pharmaceutical composition) for reducing ischemia-reperfusion injury in an aging subject, wherein the composition comprises Schisandrin B. Also provided are methods for reducing aging-related mitochondrial antioxidant status changes and/or for reducing ischemia-reperfusion injury in an aging subject using the same.

Abstract: This invention relates to a novel fused tricyclic heterocycle of the formula and its use for the treatment of hyper-proliferative disorders.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to the use of lipoxin A4 analogs as therapeutic agents in the treatment and/or prevention of intestinal fibrosis.

Abstract: The invention refers to the use of specific cyclolignans, wherein the carbon atoms in positions 9 and 9? have cis configuration, for inhibition of the insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor. Said compounds can be used for treatment of IGF-1R dependent diseases, such as cancer, psoriasis, artherosclerosis and acromegaly. A preferred compound is picropodophyllin.

Abstract: Membrane permeable prodrugs of creatine, pharmaceutical compositions comprising membrane permeable prodrugs of creatine, and methods of treating diseases such as ischemia, heart failure, and neurodegenerative disorders comprising administering prodrugs of creatine or pharmaceutical compositions thereof are disclosed.

Abstract: Membrane permeable prodrugs of creatine analogs, pharmaceutical compositions comprising membrane permeable prodrugs of creatine analogs, and methods of treating diseases such as ischemia, heart failure, and neurodegenerative disorders comprising administering prodrugs of creatine analogs or pharmaceutical compositions thereof are disclosed.

Abstract: One aspect of the invention is a system for treating vascular conditions, including a catheter, a stent coupled to the catheter, and a polymeric coating on the stent comprising at least one conjugated drug. Each conjugated drug includes a control agent and a bioactive agent, where the control agent controls the elution rate of the bioactive agent.

Abstract: The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions, formulations and medicaments comprising a bupropion salt, in particular, modified-release tablets comprising an effective amount of bupropion hydrobromide, and the use of the bupropion salt to prepare a medicament to treat a condition.

Abstract: A method and composition for the treatment, prevention and/or prophylaxis of a host, and in particular, a human, infected with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), is provided that includes administering an effective amount of a 5-substituted uracil nucleoside or its pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug, optionally in a pharmaceutically acceptable diluent or excipient.

Abstract: Etoposide analogs with improved water-solubility such as 4?-O-Demethyl-4?-(N?,N?-dimethyl-glycyl)-4?-(4?-nitroanilino)-4-desoxy-podophyllotoxin (8) and 4?-O-Demethyl-4?-(N?,N?-dimethyl-glycyl)-4?-(4?-fluoroanilino)-4-desoxy-podophyllotoxin (9) are described, along with pharmaceutical formulations containing the same, methods of use thereof, and intermediates and methods of making the same.

Abstract: This invention relates to a novel fused tricyclic heterocycle of the formula (Ia, Ib) and its use for the treatment of hyper-proliferative disorders

Abstract: 2-Decarboxy-2-phosphinico prostaglandin derivatives are disclosed. These derivatives comprise a modified ?-chain and an ?-chain bonded to a ring structure. The modified ?-chain has a 2-decarboxy-2-phosphinico group. The derivatives can be used to treat a variety of pharmaceutical and cosmetic conditions.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel pharmaceutically acceptable salts of anticonvulsant derivatives, processes for preparation of and pharmaceutical compositions containing said salts, useful in the treatment of epilepsy.

Abstract: This invention provides a total synthesis of Merrillactone and Merrilactone analogues for use as neurotrophic agents in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases. The invention also provides intermediates for use in the synthesis of Merrilactone and its analogues.

Abstract: The present invention provides a new class of compounds 4?-1?-[{2?-benzoyl substituted}anilino] podophyllotoxin exhibiting anti cancer activity and a process for preparing the same.

Abstract: A process for preparing intermediate compound (VII), compound (VIII) and compound (XIV) which will be raw materials for the synthesis of a synthetic antibactrial compound, via compound (I) or compound (X) and then, compound (II), the compounds each being shown below; and novel compounds useful for the preparation.

Abstract: The invention relates to novel pharmaceutically acceptable salts of anticonvulsant derivatives, processes for preparation of and pharmaceutical compositions containing said salts, useful in the treatment of epilepsy.

Abstract: The present invention is a method of milling materials to form a fine powder with a median particle size below 10 micrometer which is suitable for inhalation and which has substantially no amorphous content generated during milling. The method is particularly suitable for milling materials which are soft. The method comprises milling the material in a fluid energy mill at reduced temperature using helium, or helium mixed with another gas, as milling fluid. Temperatures of ?30° C. or less are used.

Abstract: New triterpenoid derivatives with various substituents at the C-17 position of 2-cyano-3,12-dioxooleana-1,9(11)-dien-28-oic acid (CDDO) were synthesized. Among them, 2-cyano-3,12-dioxooleana-1,9(11)-dien-28-onitrile (CNDDO), 1-(2-cyano-3,12-dioxooleana-1,9(11)-dien-28-oyl) imidazole, 1-(2-cyano-3,12-dioxooleana-1,9(11)-dien-28-oyl)-2-methylimidazole, 1-(2-cyano-3,12-dioxooleana-1,9(11)-dien-28-oyl)-4-methylimidazole show extremely high inhibitory activity (IC50=0.01-1 pM level) against production of nitric oxide induced by interferon-? in mouse macrophages. These compounds can be used in the prevention or treatment of diseases such as cancer, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, and other inflammatory diseases. All the new triterpenoid derivatives are more potent than previously known CDDO.

Abstract: Viral infections selected from the group consisting of herpes simplex virus, varicella zoster virus, respiratory syncytial virus and cytomegalovirus can be treated by administering to the host a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; wherein Y, Ra, and R1 are as defined herein. The compounds and salts can also be used to inhibit viral replication of these viruses in cells.

Abstract: A novel taxane derivative with anticancer activity, a process for its preparation and a process for the preparation of 14-?-hydroxy-1,14-carbonate-baccatine III and V derivatives 13-substituted by an isoserine residue.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a composition that increases central nervous system GABA levels in a mammal, for the treatment of addiction to drugs of abuse and modification of behavior associated with addiction to drugs of abuse in said mammal.

Abstract: This invention features compounds having formula (I): wherein, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, T, X, and Y are as defined herein. This invention also features a method for treating cancer. The method includes administrating to a subject in need thereof a compound of formula (I).

Abstract: The invention relates to insecticidal mixtures comprising compounds of the formula (I) in which X?, Y?, Z?, n, G?, A? and B? are as defined above and agonists and/or antagonists of nicotinic acetylcholine receptors, for protecting plants against attack by pests.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel 4?-demethyl-4?-O-substituted-1-deoxypodophyllotoxin derivative, a geometric isomer thereof, a process for the preparation thereof, and an anticancer composition comprising the same.

Abstract: Compounds according to the following formula (I): wherein the variables Q and R1 to R6 are as described herein, which reversibly inhibit the cysteine proteases, such as cathepsins K, S, F, L and B; pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, and method of treating diseases and pathological conditions exacerbated by these cysteine proteases such as, but not limited to rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis and other autoimmune diseases, osteoporosis, asthma, Alzheimer's disease, atherosclerosis and endometriosis.

Abstract: A novel taxane derivative with anticancer activity, a process for its preparation and a process for the preparation of 14-?-hydroxy-1,14-carbonate-baccatine III and V derivatives 13-substituted by an isoserine residue.