Abstract: A nutritional composition for use in providing a neuroprotective effect to an individual in need thereof which nutritional composition comprises at least one human milk oligosaccharide selected from lacto-N-neotetraose and 2?-fucosyllactose.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel benzene derivative or thiophene derivative useful as a VAP-1 inhibitor, or a medicament for the prophylaxis or treatment of a VAP-1 associated disease and the like, namely, a compound represented by the formula (I): wherein each symbol is as defined in the present specification, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: Disclosed is a compound represented by the Structural Formula (I): Y is a covalent bond, a phenylene group or a substituted or unsubstituted straight chained hydrocarbyl group. In addition, Y, taken together with both >C?Z groups to which it is bonded, is a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic group. Preferably, Y is a covalent bond or —C(R7R8)—. R1 and R2 are independently an aryl group or a substituted aryl group, R3 and R4 are independently —H, an aliphatic group, a substituted aliphatic group, an aryl group or a substituted aryl group. R5-R6 are independently —H, an aliphatic group, a substituted aliphatic group, an aryl group or a substituted aryl group. R7 and R8 are each independently —H, an aliphatic or substituted aliphatic group, or R7 is —H and R8 is a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, or, R7 and R8, taken together, are a C2-C6 substituted or unsubstituted alkylene group. Z is ?O or ?S.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods and processes for producing ?-fluoroalkyl ketones from non-fluoro ?-haloalkyl ketones using a fluorohydrogenate compound. In some embodiments, the fluorohydrogenate compound is an ionic liquid. One particular method of the invention utilizes a fluorohydrogenate ionic liquid compound of the formula: Q+[F.(HF)n], wherein Q+ is an onium cation and n is a number from 0 to 3.

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds and pharmaceutical compositions that are useful for treating a subject with a proliferative disorder, such as cancer. The disclosed compounds and pharmaceutical compositions are also useful for treating disorders responsive to Hsp70 induction and/or natural killer induction.

Abstract: Methods of treating a subject with cancer characterized by an impaired ability to repair oxidative DNA damage, comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of a bis(thiohydrazide amide) compound are provided.

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of formulae (I), (III), (IV), (VII), (X), (XI), (XII), (XIII) and (XIV), wherein the variables are as defined in the claims, and methods of using compounds of the invention for treating a subject with a proliferative disorder, such as cancer, and methods for treating disorders responsive to Hsp70 induction and/or natural killer induction. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of the invention and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

Abstract: Provided herein are pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating disorders characterized by reduced expression of anti-oxidative stress enzymes in a subject. In one aspect, the present invention provides a method for inducing expression of anti-oxidative stress enzymes in a subject in need thereof. The method includes administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of a demethylating agent. The demethylating agent includes a phytochemical that induces expression of Nrf2 and Nrf2-mediated genes expressing anti-oxidative stress. Such phytochemicals include indoles, such as 3,3?-diindolylmethane (DIM) and indole-3-carbinol (I3C), and isothiocyanates, such as phenethyl isothiocyanate (PEITC) and sulforaphane (SFN).

Abstract: At least 70% by weight of Compound 1 is the single crystalline form, Form A, Form C, or Form D, of the compound. A pharmaceutical composition comprises a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or diluent, and compound 1, wherein at least 70% by weight of the compound is the single crystalline form, Form A, Form C, or Form D, of the compound. A method of treating a subject with cancer comprises administering to the subject an effective amount of compound 1 or the pharmaceutical composition.

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds and methods of using compounds of the invention for treating a subject with a proliferative disorder, such as cancer, and methods for treating disorders responsive to Hsp70 induction and/or natural killer induction. Also, disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of the invention and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

Abstract: Provided herein are compositions of matter and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, for use in inhibiting the growth of various microbial pathogens, including bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and viral pathogens. Also provided herein are methods of treating microbial diseases/infections and cancer with the compositions. The compositions are additionally useful in wood preservation and food preservation by inhibition of microbial growth.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a compound having a novel structure for overcoming the defects of conventional steroid agents and NSAIDs. It is found that the particular dihydroxy bodies of eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid, which have not conventionally been known (11,18-dihydroxy eicosapentaenoic acid (11,18-diHEPE), 17,18-dihydroxy eicosapentaenoic acid (17,18-diHEPE) etc.), have activity of inhibiting neutrophil, thereby solving the object. The present invention unexpectedly remarkably inhibits infiltration into a tissue of, and activation of neutrophil found out at acute inflammation. The compound of the present invention is a compound which has not conventionally been known. Therefore, utility as a new therapeutic is provided.

Abstract: Methods and compounds for treating neurological and other disorders are provided. Included is the administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of a compound having binding and/or modulation specificity for a TrkB receptor molecule.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a compound comprising a bis[thiohydrazide amide] or a deprotonated form thereof, complexed to a transition metal cation, wherein the bis[thiohydrazide amide] is represented by Structural Formula (I): or a prodrug, isomer, ester, salt, hydrate, solvate, polymorph or a deprotonated form thereof. The present invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of the invention and method of use thereof.

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of formula (IA), formula (IV) or formula (V), wherein the variables are as defined herein, and pharmaceutical compositions containing them which are useful for treating a subject with a proliferative disorder, such as cancer. The disclosed compounds and pharmaceutical compositions are also useful for treating disorders responsive to Hsp70 induction and/or natural killer induction.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods for the preselection of a subject for therapeutic treatment with elesclomol based on modulated levels of hypoxia in the subject. In one embodiment, the invention provides methods for the preselection of a subject for therapeutic treatment with elesclomol based on modulated levels of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH). The invention also provides methods for treating cancer in a subject by administering an effective amount of elesclomol to the subject, wherein the subject has a modulated level of hypoxia. The invention further provides kits to practice the methods of the invention.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds represented by structural formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a transition metal chelate, coordinate or complex thereof or a transition metal chelate, coordinate or complex of a deprotonated form of the compound. Pharmaceutical composition and method of use for these compounds are also included.

Abstract: This invention relates to the field of biologically active compounds and specifically to closthioamides, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and their use as antibiotic, antifungal, and/or cytotoxic agent.

Abstract: At least 70% by weight of Compound 1 is the single crystalline form, Form A, Form C, or Form D, of the compound. A pharmaceutical composition comprises a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or diluent, and compound 1, wherein at least 70% by weight of the compound is the single crystalline form, Form A, Form C, or Form D, of the compound. A method of treating a subject with cancer comprises administering to the subject an effective amount of compound 1 or the pharmaceutical composition.

Abstract: The present invention provides new tyrphostin derivatives acting as protein kinase (PK) and receptor kinase (RK) signaling modulators. The invention further provides methods of their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions including such compounds, and methods of using these compounds and compositions, especially as chemotherapeutic agents for preventions and treatments of PK and RK related disorders such as metabolic, inflammatory, fibrotic, and cell proliferative disorders, in particular cancer.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are derivatives of tetracaine that, among other things, block cyclic nucleotide gated (CNG) channels and are useful in the treatment of diseases characterized by overactive CNG channels such as retinal degeneration diseases.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are compositions comprising a compound represented by structural formula (I): 2 g of which is reconstitutable in 10 mL of a water in less than 10 minutes, and methods for preparing these compositions. Also disclosed are compositions comprising a compound represented by structural formula (I) and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, wherein the molar ratio of said compound to said excipient is from 1:20 to 1:1, and methods for preparing these compositions.

Abstract: This invention provides REL inhibitors which interfere with the DNA binding capacity of a REL protein. Additionally this invention provides methods of treating, abrogating, or preventing diseases which respond with a positive clinical score to a REL inhibitor. Methods of identifying REL inhibitor based on a REL protein three dimensional model are described.

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of Formula (I) and methods of using compounds of the invention for treating a subject with a proliferative disorder, such as cancer, and methods for treating disorders responsive to Hsp70 induction and/or natural killer induction. Also, disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of the invention and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

Abstract: Substituted 2-[2-(phenyl)ethylamino]alkaneamide derivatives, pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions containing them are useful as sodium and/or calcium channel modulators for preventing, alleviating and curing pathologies wherein the above mechanisms play a pathological role. The compounds may be particularly useful for the prevention, alleviation, and curing of, for example, neurological, cognitive, psychiatric, inflammatory, urogenital and gastrointestinal diseases.

Abstract: The invention provides compounds and methods for inhibiting proteases. One aspect of the invention features pro-soft inhibitors which react with an activating protease to release an active inhibitor moiety in proximity to a target protease. In certain instances, compounds inhibit proteasomes and/or post-proline cleaving enzymes (PPCE), such as dipeptidyl peptidase IV. The compounds of the invention provide a better therapeutic index, owing in part to reduced toxicity and/or improved specificity for the targeted protease.

Abstract: The present invention provides new tyrphostin derivatives acting as protein kinase (PK) and receptor kinase (RK) signaling modulators. The invention further provides methods of their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions including such compounds, and methods of using these compounds and compositions, especially as chemotherapeutic agents for preventions and treatments of PK and RK related disorders such as metabolic, inflammatory, fibrotic, and cell proliferative disorders, in particular cancer.

Abstract: The present invention relates to inhibitors of 11-?-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 enzyme and their use in treatment of non-insulin dependent type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance, obesity, lipid disorders, metabolic syndrome, central nervous system disorders, and diseases and conditions that are related to excessive glucocorticoids.

Abstract: Compositions and methods for treating, preventing, or reducing alcoholism, in particular methods for increasing patient compliance with therapies that require the intake of an ALDH inhibitor comprising the step of administering a monoamine oxidase B inhibitor.

Abstract: The present invention is a method for treating non-small cell lung cancer in a subject in need thereof, comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of a bis(thiohydrazideamide) compound of formula (I): wherein the variables are defined herein. Furthermore, pharmaceutical compositions, combination therapies, and uses thereof are also provided in the present application.

Abstract: Improved cancer treatments with bis[thiohydrazide amide] compounds such as elesclomol, in particular for identifying patient populations that would benefit from such treatments.

Abstract: Disclosed are bis(thio-hydrazide amide) disalts and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Also disclosed are methods of using bis(thio-hydrazide amide) disalts to treat cancer.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a compound comprising a bis[thiohydrazide amide] or a deprotonated form thereof, complexed to a transition metal cation, wherein the bis[thiohydrazide amide] is represented by Structural Formula (I): or a prodrug, isomer, ester, salt, hydrate, solvate, polymorph or a deprotonated form thereof. The present invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of the invention and method of use thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula I; a method for manufacturing the compounds of the invention, and its therapeutic uses. The present invention further provides a combination of pharmacologically active agents and a pharmaceutical composition.

Abstract: This invention relates to the field of biologically active compounds and specifically to closthioamides, pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds, and their use as antibiotic, antifungal, and/or cytotoxic agent.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods for the preselection of a subject for therapeutic treatment with elesclomol based on modulated levels of hypoxia in the subject. In one embodiment, the invention provides methods for the preselection of a subject for therapeutic treatment with elesclomol based on modulated levels of lactate dehydrogenase (LDH). The invention also provides methods for treating cancer in a subject by administering an effective amount of elesclomol to the subject, wherein the subject has a modulated level of hypoxia. The invention further provides kits to practice the methods of the invention.

Abstract: The present invention provides new tyrphostin derivatives acting as protein tyrosine kinase (PTK) inhibitors and receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) inhibitors, and/or which directly or indirectly affect proteins in the PTK-mediated signal transduction pathway, methods of their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions including such compounds, and methods of using these compounds and compositions, especially as chemotherapeutic agents for preventions and treatments of PTK and RTK related disorders such as metabolic, fibrotic, and cell proliferative disorders, in particular psoriasis and cancer.

Abstract: A method of treating a Hsp70-responsive disorder in a subject includes administering to the subject an effective amount of a compound represented by Structural Formula I, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate thereof. Y is a covalent bond or an optionally substituted straight chained hydrocarbyl group, or, Y, taken together with both >C?Z groups to which it is bonded, is an optionally substituted aromatic group. R1-R4 are independently —H, an optionally substituted aliphatic group, an optionally substituted aryl group, or R1 and R3 taken together with the carbon and nitrogen atoms to which they are bonded, and/or R2 and R4 taken together with the carbon and nitrogen atoms to which they are bonded, form a non-aromatic heterocyclic ring optionally fused to an aromatic ring. R7-R8 are independently —H, an optionally substituted aliphatic group, or an optionally substituted aryl group. Z is O or S.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds represented by structural formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a transition metal chelate, coordinate or complex thereof or a transition metal chelate, coordinate or complex of a deprotonated form of the compound. Pharmaceutical composition and method of use for these compounds are also included.

Abstract: Disclosed are bis(thio-hydrazide amide) disalts and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Also disclosed are methods of using bis(thio-hydrazide amide) disalts to treat cancer.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a non-human animal model of protein aggregation cardiomyopathy. Also disclosed are compo-sitions and methods of treating or preventing a condition in a subject caused or exacerbated by reductive stress. Also disclosed are compositions and methods of predicting, detecting, or monitoring reductive stress in a subject.

Abstract: Compositions and methods for treating, preventing, or reducing alcoholism, in particular methods for increasing patient compliance with therapies that require the intake of an ALDH inhibitor comprising the step of administering a monoamine oxidase B inhibitor.

Abstract: Methods and compounds for treating neurological and other disorders are provided. Included is the administering to a subject in need thereof an effective amount of a compound having binding and/or modulation specificity for a TrkB receptor molecule.

Abstract: In one aspect, the invention relates to a method for identifying a drug candidate with activity as a neuroprotective agent. The method includes determining whether a compound reduces ATF4 activity; and identifying the compound that reduces ATF4 activity as a drug candidate.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a compound comprising a bis[thiohydrazide amide] or a deprotonated form thereof, complexed to a transition metal cation, wherein the bis[thio-hydrazide amide] is represented by Structural Formula (I): or a prodrug, isomer, ester, salt, hydrate, solvate, polymorph or a deprotonated form thereof. The present invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of the invention and method of use thereof.

Abstract: Disclosed are bis(thio-hydrazide amide) disalts, which are represented by Structural Formula (I): Y is a covalent bond or a substituted or unsubstituted straight chained hydrocarbyl group. R1-R4 are independently —H, an aliphatic group, a substituted aliphatic group, an aryl group or a substituted aryl group, or R1 and R3 taken together with the carbon and nitrogen atoms to which they are bonded, and/or R2 and R4 taken together with the carbon and nitrogen atoms to which they are bonded, form a non-aromatic heterocyclic ring optionally fused to an aromatic ring. Z is —O or —S. M+ is a pharmaceutically acceptable monovalent cation and M2+ is a pharmaceutically acceptable divalent cation. Also, disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising a bis(thio-hydrazide amide) disalt described above. Further disclosed are methods of treating a subject with cancer. The methods comprise the step of administering an effective amount of a bis(thio-hydrazide amide) disalt described above.

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds and methods of using compounds of the invention for treating a subject with a proliferative disorder, such as cancer, and methods for treating disorders responsive to Hsp70 induction and/or natural killer induction. Also, disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of the invention and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

Abstract: At least 70% by weight of Compound 1 is the single crystalline form, Form A, Form C, or Form D, of the compound. A pharmaceutical composition comprises a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or diluent, and compound 1, wherein at least 70% by weight of the compound is the single crystalline form, Form A, Form C, or Form D, of the compound. A method of treating a subject with cancer comprises administering to the subject an effective amount of compound 1 or the pharmaceutical composition.

Abstract: ?- and ?-amino acid hydroxyethylamino sulfonamide compounds are effective as retroviral protease inhibitors, and in particular as inhibitors of HIV protease.

Abstract: ?- and ?-amino acid hydroxyethylamino sulfonamide compounds are effective as retroviral protease inhibitors, and in particular as inhibitors of HIV protease.