Abstract: Disclosed herein are cyclic peptide derivatives of the formula ##STR1## wherein A is absent or the tripeptide radical Thr.rarw.Gly.rarw.Ala, R.sup.1 is benzyl or benzyl monosubstituted at position 4 of the aromatic ring with halo, hydroxy, lower alkyl or lower alkoxy, R.sup.2 and R.sup.4 each independently is hydrogen or lower alkyl, R.sup.3 is lower alkyl or lower alkyl monosubstituted with a hydroxy, R.sup.5 is lower alkyl, Y is oxo or thioxo and Z is hydroxy or NR.sup.6 R.sup.7 wherein R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 each independently is hydrogen or lower alkyl. The derivatives are useful for treating herpes infections.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 16, 1992
Date of Patent:
November 2, 1993
Assignee:
Bio-Mega/Boehringer Ingelheim Research Inc.
Inventors:
Julian Adams, John DiMaio, Raymond Plante
Abstract: There is disclosed a monophosphorylated cyclic lipopeptide compound obtained by biophosphorylating a cyclic lipopeptide related to echinocandins and having a peptide skeleton bearing several hydroxy groups wherein in the phosphorylated cyclic lipopeptide, the phosphate group is attached to the hydroxy group of the 4-hydroxyproline component of the lipopeptide. The compounds are useful for the control of fungi and parasites.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 26, 1991
Date of Patent:
March 30, 1993
Assignee:
Merck & Co., Inc.
Inventors:
Shieh-Shung T. Chen, David J. Mathre, Brian R. Petuch, Robert A. Reamer
Abstract: Disclosed herein are cyclic peptide derivatives of the formula ##STR1## wherein A is absent or the tripeptide radical Thr.rarw.Gly.rarw.Ala, R.sup.1 is benzyl or benzyl monosubstituted at position 4 of the aromatic ring with halo, hydroxy, lower alkyl or lower alkoxy, R.sup.2 and R.sup.4 each independently is hydrogen or lower alkyl, R.sup.3 is lower alkyl or lower alkyl monosubstituted with a hydroxy, R.sup.5 is lower alkyl, Y is oxo or thioxo and Z is hydroxy or NR.sup.6 R.sup.7 wherein R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 each independently is hydrogen or lower alkyl. The derivatives are useful for treating herpes infections.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 3, 1990
Date of Patent:
September 22, 1992
Assignee:
Bio-Mega, Inc.
Inventors:
Julian Adams, John DiMaio, Raymond Plante
Abstract: A new cytostatic depsipeptide, designated "dolastatin 14", was isolated from the Indian Ocean shell-less mollusk Dolabella auricularia. Dolastatin 14 inhibited growth of the PS leukemia with ED.sub.50 0.0018 .mu.g/mL. Pharmaceutical preparations and therapeutic regimens utilizing Dolastatin 14, its synthetic counterpart and pharmaceutically active derivatives are disclosed.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 13, 1989
Date of Patent:
August 11, 1992
Assignee:
Arizona Board of Regents acting on behalf of Arizona State University
Inventors:
George R. Pettit, Yoshiaki Kamano, Cherry L. Herald
Abstract: A novel substance having anthelmintic activity, the PF 1022 substance, which is produced by cultivating a fungal strain capable of producing the substance and recovering the substance from the culture.
Abstract: Mersacidin, a cyclic peptide of the formula I ##STR1## has antibiotic activity.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 15, 1989
Date of Patent:
May 12, 1992
Assignee:
Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft
Inventors:
Sukumar Chatterjee, Sugata Chatterjee, Bimal N. Ganguli, Deepak K. Chatterjee, Rajendra K. H. Jani, Richard H. Rupp, Hans-Wolfram Fehlhaber, Herbert Kogler, Gerhard Seibert, Volker Teetz