Patent number: 8535901
Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a compound of the following formula (I) for detecting a peptidase activity and/or a variation in pH: according to which: Y1 is a peptide, H or an alkyl; W1, W2, W3 and W4 are independently H, Br, Cl, F, I, alkyl, alkoxy, thiomethyl, perfluoroalkyl, nitro, cyano, carboxyl (including the esters or amides thereof) or any combination thereof; n=0, 1 or 2; U and V are N, N+R or CZ4, R being H, alkyl, aralkyl, aryl, alkanoyl or alkylsulfonyl; Z1, Z2, Z3 and Z4 being independently H, Br, Cl, F, I, alkyl, aryl, alkoxy, perfluoroalkyl, nitro, cyano, carboxyl, sulfonyl, including the carboxyl or sulfonyl esters or amides, and salts thereof.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 28, 2010
Date of Patent:
September 17, 2013
Assignee:
bioMérieux, S.A.
Inventors:
Arthur James, Sylvain Orenga, John Perry, Vindhya Salwatura, Stephen Stanforth
Publication number: 20120122134
Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a compound of the following formula (I) for detecting a peptidase activity and/or a variation in pH: according to which: Y1 is a peptide, H or an alkyl; W1, W2, W3 and W4 are independently H, Br, Cl, F, I, alkyl, alkoxy, thiomethyl, perfluoroalkyl, nitro, cyano, carboxyl (including the esters or amides thereof) or any combination thereof; n=0, 1 or 2; U and V are N, N+R or CZ4, R being H, alkyl, aralkyl, aryl, alkanoyl or alkylsulfonyl; Z1, Z2, Z3 and Z4 being independently H, Br, Cl, F, I, alkyl, aryl, alkoxy, perfluoroalkyl, nitro, cyano, carboxyl, sulfonyl, including the carboxyl or sulfonyl esters or amides, and salts thereof.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 28, 2010
Publication date:
May 17, 2012
Applicant:
BIOMERIEUX SA
Inventors:
Arthur James, Sylvain Orenga, John Perry, Vindhya Salwatura, Stephen Stanforth