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Method of suppressing appetite by administration of tetrahydro-beta-carboline derivatives

US5169852A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 14, 1990
Grant dateDec 8, 1992
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Expiry dateDec 14, 2010

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  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61K31/44
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Compounds of formula I are useful for suppressing appetite, and for altering macronutrient preferences, ##STR1## where the R.sub.2 -R.sub.9 substituents are so selected as to meet a defined quantitative structure activity relationship (QSAR) quantity relating to the partition coefficient of the compound, the net charge on the ring nitrogen, and the radical superfdelocalizability at the position-8 ring carbon.

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