Patent · US Expired

Phenanthridine derivatives and compositions containing them

US4939158A · kind A · utility

1Cited by
0References
5Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateAug 11, 1988
Grant dateJul 3, 1990
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 11, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S435/886
  • WIPO fieldBiotechnology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to 1,8-dihydroxy-3-methylbenz[b]phenanthridine-7,12-dione and its derivatives of formula I ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is hydrogen or the radical of formula II ##STR2## and salts of the compound, wherein R.sup.1 is the radical of formula II. These compounds can be obtained by means of a novel microbiological process and used for the therapeutic treatment of tumors.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.