Abstract: The present invention relates to novel 2-heteroaryl substituted indole derivatives, precursors thereof, and therapeutic uses of such compounds, having the structural formula (Ia) below: and to their pharmaceutically acceptable salt, compositions and methods of use. Furthermore, the invention relates to novel 2-heteroaryl substituted indole derivatives that are suitable for imaging amyloid deposits in living patients, their compositions, methods of use and processes to make such compounds. More specifically, the present invention relates to a method of imaging amyloid deposits in brain in vivo to allow antemortem diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease as well as measuring clinical efficacy of Alzheimer?s disease therapeutic agents.

Abstract: A subject of the invention is the use of at least one cytosolic phospholipase A2 (cPLA2) inhibitor in the preparation of a medicament intended for the preventive and/or curative symptomatic treatment of cystic fibrosis, particularly of the increased secretion of mucus in cystic fibrosis.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to substituted propylamine derivatives of formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, compositions containing these derivatives, and methods of their use for the prevention and treatment of conditions ameliorated by monoamine reuptake including, inter alia, vasomotor symptoms (VMS), sexual dysfunction, gastrointestinal and genitourinary disorders, chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromylagia syndrome, nervous system disorders, and combinations thereof, particularly those conditions selected from the group consisting of major depressive disorder, vasomotor symptoms, stress and urge urinary incontinence, fibromyalgia, pain, diabetic neuropathy, and combinations thereof.

Abstract: There is provided novel amino acid ester compounds comprising at least one nitric oxide releasing group and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and novel compositions comprising at least one amino acid ester compound comprising at least one nitric oxide releasing group, and, optionally, at least one nitric oxide donor and/or at least one therapeutic agent. Also provided are compositions for increasing nitric oxide physiological levels in a subject, methods for increasing nitric oxide physiological levels in a subject, methods for improving a subject's muscle strength, athletic performances and/or lean body mass gain and or performance in a subject.

Abstract: The present invention relates generally to substituted indoles and methods of using them.

Abstract: The present subject matter relates generally to antioxidant compounds having the formula (I): wherein each of R1, R2, R3, and R4 are as defined below. These compounds are potentially useful as, for example, antioxidants.

Abstract: Compounds of formula I are provided: wherein: R1, R2, and R3, are as defined herein, as well as pharmaceutical composition and methods using the compounds as inhibitors of plasminogen activator inhibitor (PAI-1) and as therapeutic composition for treating conditions resulting from fibrinolytic disorders, such as deep vein thrombosis, coronary heart disease and pulmonary fibrosis.

Abstract: This invention is directed to substituted aryl compounds, which are linked to a substituted indole moiety by various linkers, and the kynurenine/kynuramine-like metabolites of these agents, their preparation and pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds. This invention further is directed to the pharmaceutical use of the compounds for inhibiting GSK3? kinase and/or modulating N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) channel activities for the treatment of neurodegenerative and other disorders.

Abstract: Novel dyes, precursors to novel dyes, and conjugates of the novel dyes are disclosed, as well as methods of making and using the same.

Abstract: The invention relates to tetrahydronaphthalene derivatives, process for their production and their use as anti-inflammatory agents.

Abstract: Stereomerically pure (+)-2-[1-(3-Ethoxy-4-methoxyphenyl)-2-methylsulfonylethyl]-4-acetylaminoisoindoline-1,3-dione, substantially free of its (?) isomer, and prodrugs, metabolites, polymorphs, salts, solvates, hydrates, and clathrates thereof are discussed. Also discussed are methods of using and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the (+) enantiomer of 2-[1-(3-Ethoxy-4-methoxyphenyl)-2-methylsulfonylethyl]-4-acetylaminoisoindoline-1,3-dione are disclosed. The methods include methods of treating and/or preventing disorders ameliorated by the reduction of levels of TNF-? or the inhibition of PDE4.

Abstract: Stereomerically pure (+)-2-[1-(3-Ethoxy-4-methoxyphenyl)-2-methylsulfonylethyl]-4-acetylaminoisoindoline-1,3-dione, substantially free of its (?) isomer, and prodrugs, metabolites, polymorphs, salts, solvates, hydrates, and clathrates thereof are discussed. Also discussed are methods of using and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the (+) enantiomer of 2-[1-(3-ethoxy-4-methoxyphenyl)-2-methylsulfonylethyl]-4-acetylaminoisoindoline-1,3-dione are disclosed. The methods include methods of treating and/or preventing disorders ameliorated by the reduction of levels of TNF-? or the inhibition of PDE4.

Abstract: Chemically reactive carbocyanine dyes that are intramolecularly crosslinked between the 1-position and 3?-position, their bioconjugates and their uses are described. 1,3?-crosslinked carbocyanines are superior to those of conjugates of spectrally similar 1,1?-crosslinked or non-crosslinked dyes. The invention includes derivative compounds having one or more benzo nitrogens.

Abstract: The present invention refers to new sulfonamide derivatives, of general formula (Ia, Ib, Ic), (I), (Ia, Ib, Ic), optionally in form of one of their stereoisomers, preferably enantiomers or diastereomers, their racemate, or in form of a mixture of at least two of their stereoisomers, preferably enantiomers or diastereomers, in any mixing ratio, or their salts, preferably their corresponding physiologically acceptable salts or corresponding solvates; to the processes for their preparation, to their application as medicaments in human and/or veterinary therapeutics, and to the pharmaceutical compositions containing them. The new compounds of the present invention can be used in the pharmaceutical industry as intermediates and for preparing medicaments.

Abstract: This application discloses compounds of generic Formula I: or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein A, R1, R2, R3, R4, Q, X, Y, m, p, and q are defined as described herein, useful for treatment of diseases associated with monoamine reuptake inhibitors. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions, methods of using, and methods of preparing the compounds.

Abstract: The invention relates to substituted heteroaryl derivatives, to methods for the production thereof, to medicaments containing said compounds and to the use of substituted heteroaryl derivatives for producing medicaments.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a species of peptide and non-peptide inhibitors of Akt, an oncogenic protein. Beginning with a residue of Akt target substrate GSK-3, the functional domains of the GSK-3 residue were characterized. Functionally homologous non-peptide groups were substituted for the amino acids of the GSK-3 creating a hybrid peptide-non-peptide and non-peptide compounds capable of binding to Akt. The non-peptide compounds show increased stability and rigidity compared to peptide counterparts and are less susceptible to degradation. The bound non-peptide compounds exhibit an inhibitory effect on Akt, similar to peptide-based Akt inhibitors.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, esters and prodrugs of Formula (I) or (II): which are useful as AMPK modulators effective in treating diabetes, obesity and cancer in a subject.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds of Formula I: which are modulators of the 5-hydroxtryptamine-6 and 5-hydroxytryptamine-2A receptors and which are inhibitors of norepinephrine reuptake. The compounds of the invention, and pharmaceutical composition thereof, are useful in the treatment of disorders related to or associated with the 5-hydroxytryptamine-6 and 5-hydroxtryptamine-2A receptors or with norepinephrine reuptake inhibition.

Abstract: Use of the tetramerous derivative of indole-3-carbinol having formula I for preparing a medicinal having anti-carcinogenic activity, and method of synthesis of the tetramerous derivative having formula I, in which indole-3-carbinol is reacted with an oxidizing agent so as to cause a polymeric oxidation of indole-3-carbinol.

Abstract: There are disclosed compounds of the formula I a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or solvate of the compound, which exhibit anti-inflammatory and immunomodulatory activity. Also disclosed are pharmaceutical compositions containing said compounds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for creating a Carbon-Carbon bond (C—C) or a Carbon-Heteroatom bond (C—HE) by reacting a compound carrying a leaving group with a nucleophilic compound carrying a carbon atom or a heteroatom (HE) that can substitute for the leaving group, creating a C—C or C—HE bond, wherein the reaction takes place in the presence of an effective quantity of a catalytic system comprising iron and copper.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to imidazolyl derivatives of formula (I) where the substituents are defined in the specification, which are useful as agonist or antagonists of somatostatin receptors.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a cannabinoid receptor agonist for use in induction of hypothermia in a human being for the prophylaxis and treatment of ischemia.

Abstract: Compounds of Formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, and R7 are as defined herein, or a tautomer, prodrug, solvate, or salt thereof; pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds, and methods of modulating the glucocorticoid receptor function and methods of treating disease-states or conditions mediated by the glucocorticoid receptor function or characterized by inflammatory, allergic, or proliferative processes in a patient using these compounds.

Abstract: There is provides a process for the preparation of a compound of formula (7): wherein R is an optionally substituted hydrocarbyl group or an optionally substituted heterocyclic group; provides that R is not a compound of Formula (a): wherein Ra represents an alkyl group, such as a C1-16 alkyl group, and preferably an isopropyl group; Rb represents an aryl group, preferably a 4-fluorophenyl group; Rc represents hydrogen, a protecting group or an alkyl group, such as a C1-16 alkyl group, and preferably a methyl group; and Rd represents hydrogen, a protecting group or a SO2Re group where Re is an alkyl group, such as a C1-16 alkyl group, and preferably a methyl group.

Abstract: The present invention relates to indolone derivatives, processes for preparing them, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as pharmaceuticals.

Abstract: Indole compounds of the formula: wherein L1, L2, R1, R2, Ra, Rb, Rc, Rd, and Re are defined herein. Also disclosed are methods of using of the indole compounds in inhibiting tubulin polymerization and treating cancer and other angiogenesis-related disorders.

Abstract: This invention provides PAI-1 inhibiting compounds of Formula I: wherein: R1, R2, R3, and R4 are each H, alkyl, alkanoyl, halo, OH, aryl optionally substituted with R8, perfluoroalkyl, alkoxy, amino, alkylamino, dialkylamino, perfluoroalkoxy; R5 is H, alkyl, perfluoroalkyl, aryl optionally substituted with R5, alkanoyl, aroyl optionally substituted with R8; R6 is H, alkyl, alkylaryl, benzyl optionally substituted with R8, alkanoyl, aroyl optionally substituted with R8; R7 is H, alkyl, alkylaryl, aryl optionally substituted with R8; n is 0-6; A is COOH, or an acid mimic such as tetraazole, SO3H, PO3H2, tetronic acid, etc.; R8 is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkanoyl, halo, OH, perfluoroalkyl, alkoxy, amino, alkylamino, dialkylamino, perfluoroalkoxy; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; as well as pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment using these compounds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a series of substituted bis aryl and heteroaryl compounds of formula (I): Wherein X, Y, Z, A, B, D, Ar, R1 and R2 are as defined herein. The compounds of this invention are selective 5HT2A antagonists, and are therefore, useful in treating a variety of diseases including but not limited to a wide variety of sleep disorders as disclosed and claimed herein.

Abstract: Acyl sulfonamide, peri-substituted, fused bicyclic ring compounds useful for the treatment or prophylaxis of a prostaglandin-mediated disease or condition are disclosed.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of 4-[2-(Di-n-propylamino)ethyl]-2,3-dihydro-1H-indol-2-one of formula (I) and its pharmaceutically acceptable salts, solvates Formula I involving new intermediates of compound of formula (A) and (B) wherein R represents (i) a halogen atom selected from fluorine, chlorine atom, bromine atom and iodine atom; (ii) lower alkanesulfonyloxy group selected from methanesulfonyloxy, ethanesulfonyloxy, isopropanesulfonyloxy, propanesulfonyloxy, butanesulfonyloxy, tert-butanesulfonyloxy, pentanesulfonyloxy, hexanesulfonyloxy; (iii) substituted or unsubstantiated arylsulfonyloxy group selected from phenylsulfonyloxy, 4-methylphenylsulfonyloxy, 2-methylphenylsulfonyloxy, 4-nitrophenylsulfonyloxy, 4-methoxyphenylsulfonyloxy, 3-chlorophenylsulfonyloxy; (iv) arylalkylsulfonyloxy group selected from benzylsulfonyloxy, 2-phenylethylsulfonyloxy, 4-phenylbutylsulfonyloxy, 4-methylbenzylsulfonyloxy, 2-methylbenzylsulfonyloxy, 4-nitrobenzylsulfonyloxy, 4-methoxybenzylsulfonyloxy, 3-chlorobenzylsulfon

Abstract: The present invention discloses novel compounds which have HCV protease inhibitory activity as well as methods for preparing such compounds. In another embodiment, the invention discloses pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds as well as methods of using them to treat disorders associated with the HCV protease.

Abstract: Disclosed are an organic dye having a specific structure, a photoelectric conversion material containing the dye, a semiconductor electrode formed of a substrate having an electrically conductive surface, a semiconductor layer coated on the electrically conductive surface and the above dye adsorbed on the surface, and a photoelectric conversion device to which the above dye is applied. The present invention uses the above dye and can therefore provide a photoelectric conversion device excellent in photoelectric conversion efficiency, and the photoelectric conversion device is suitable for use in a solar cell or the like.

Abstract: There is provided a compound represented by the general formula (1): wherein Het represents an optional substituted heterocylic group A1 and A2 each independently represent —CH?, etc.; A3 represents —CH2—, etc.; R1 represents a 4-fluorophenyl group, etc.; R2 represents an alkyl group; n represents 0, 1 or 2, provided that when A1 and A2 both are —CH?, A3 represents —CH2— or —SO2—, which is an indole derivative or a mono- or diazaindole derivative that has COX-2 inhibitory activity and is useful as a pharmaceutical, such as an anti-inflammatory agent, or addition salts thereof with a pharmaceutically acceptable acid or base, or hydrates thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to inhibitors of JNK, a mammalian protein kinase involved cell proliferation, cell death and response to extracellular stimuli. The invention also relates to methods for producing these inhibitors. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising the inhibitors of the invention and methods of utilizing those compositions in the treatment and prevention of various disorders.

Abstract: The use of substituted amides for modulating the activity of 11?-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11?HSD1) and the use of these compounds as pharmaceutical compositions, are described. Also a novel class of substituted amides, their use in therapy, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, as well as their use in the manufacture of medicaments are described. The present compounds are modulators and more specifically inhibitors of the activity of 11?HSD1 and may be useful in the treatment, prevention and/or prophylaxis of a range of medical disorders where a decreased intracellular concentration of active glucocorticoid is desirable.

Abstract: A compound having CRTH2 receptor antagonism, represented by the following formula (I). The compound is useful for the treatment of allergic diseases having a relation to eosinophils and the like. A compound of the formula (I): wherein a group represented by the formula: is a group represented by the formula: and the like, R1 is carboxy and the like, R3 is —(CH2)n-N(—Y)—SO2—Ar and the like, the other symbols are as defined in claim 1.

Abstract: There is provided a series of substituted acyl guanidines of Formula (I) or a stereoisomer; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, and R8 as defined herein, their pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use. These compounds inhibit the processing of amyloid precursor protein (APP) by ?-secretase and, more specifically, inhibit the production of A?-peptide. The present disclosure is directed to compounds useful in the treatment of neurological disorders related to ?-amyloid production, such as Alzheimer's disease and other conditions affected by anti-amyloid activity.

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds that have an affinity to the ?-opioid receptor and the ORL 1-receptor, methods for their production, medications containing these compounds and the use of these compounds for the treatment of pain and other conditions.

Abstract: An anthranilic acid derivative represented by the general formula (X) [wherein R1 represents hydrogen or a carboxy-protecting group; R2 represents optionally substituted phenyl, a heterocyclic group, etc.; R3 represents optionally substituted phenyl, a monocyclic heterocyclic group, etc.; X1 represents carbonyl, etc.; X2 represents optionally substituted alkylene group, a bond, etc.; X3 represents oxygen, a bond, etc.; and X4 represents a group represented by the general formula -X5-X6- or -X6-X5- (wherein X5 means oxygen, a bond, etc.; and X6 means optionally substituted alkylene, a bond, etc.)] or a salt of the derivative. The derivative or salt has the inhibitory activity of MMP-13 production and is hence useful as a therapeutic agent for articular rheumatism, osteoarthritis, cancer, etc.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula I and the use thereof for the therapeutic treatment of disorders relating to or affected by the 5-HT6 receptor.

Abstract: Provided herein are compounds of the formula (I): as well as pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein the substituents are as those disclosed in the specification.

Abstract: The invention relates to compounds of the general formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, A, X, m 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 and plants.

Abstract: Substituted 4-aminocyclohexane derivatives having the formula I: wherein R1-R4 are as described herein, methods for their preparation, medicinal products and pharmaceutical compositions containing these compounds and the use of substituted 4-aminocyclohexane derivatives for treating pain.

Abstract: The invention describes compounds of the general formula I or the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3 and X are herein described, a process for their manufacture, medicaments containing them as well as the use of these compounds as pharmaceutically active agents. The compounds show activity as antiproliferative agents and may be especially useful for the treatment of cancer.

Abstract: Organic compounds having nitrogen atoms protected with t-butoxycarbonyl are effectively deprotected by heating in a fluorinated alcohol solution.

Abstract: The present invention provides an optical recording composition comprising at least one compound denoted by general formula (I) and a holographic recording medium comprising a recording layer, wherein the recording layer comprises at least one compound denoted by general formula (I). In general formula (I), each of A1 and A2 independently denotes —CR4R5—, —O—, —NR6—, —S—, or —C(?O)—, each of R4, R5, and R6 independently denotes a hydrogen atom or a substituent, R1 denotes a substituent, n denotes an integer ranging from 0 to 4, each of R2 and R3 independently denotes a substituent having a Hammett substituent constant, ?p value, of greater than 0, R2 and R3 do not form a ring structure by bonding together, and at least one from among R1, R2, R3, A1, and A2 comprises at least one polymerizable group.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the compounds of Formula I, their preparation and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them. The compounds and pharmaceutical compositions are useful, for example, for the treatment and prevention of obesity, obesity-related disorders and eating disorders.

Abstract: Chemically reactive carbocyanine dyes incorporating an indolium ring moiety that is substituted at the 3-position by a reactive group or by a conjugated substance, and their uses, are described. Conjugation through this position results in spectral properties that are uniformly superior to those of conjugates of spectrally similar dyes wherein attachment is at a different position. The invention includes derivative compounds having one or more benzo nitrogens.