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Arachidonic acid analogs

US4670465A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 21, 1986
Grant dateJun 2, 1987
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Expiry dateMay 21, 2006

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  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61K31/215
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Long chain unsaturated hydrocarbon derivatives, having from 13 to 21 carbon atoms, which are substituted at the 1-position by a phenoxy, phenylthio or a phenyl that bear a carboxylic acid group at the ortho, meta or para positions, and up to 4 carbon-carbon triple bonds, methods of preparing them, and pharmaceutical preparations containing them. These compounds are useful as lipoxygenase inhibitors, and therefore as antiinflammatory agents.

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