Methods for treating viruses in patients by administering 2-hydroxymethylene-3,4,5-trihydroxypiperidines

US5051407A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC · DE

Inventors

• Horst Boshagen · Haan, DE
• Bodo Junge · Wuppertal, DE
• Gunther Kinast · Wuppertal, DE
• Matthias Schuller · Wuppertal, DE
• Jurgen Stoltefuss · Haan, DE
• Arnold Paessens · Haan, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 19, 1988
• Grant date: Sep 24, 1991
• Expiry date: Oct 19, 2008

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07H15/26
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A method for treating a viral infection in a human or animal patient comprising administering to such patient an antivirally effective amount of a substituted hydroxypiperidine, namely a 2-hydroxymethylene-3,4,5-trihydroxypiperidine.