Antitumor compound, compositions and method of use

US5283383A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The United States of America, as represented by the Department of Health and Human Services · US

Inventors

• Michael R. Boyd · Mobile, US
• John H. Cardellina, II · Fort Detrick, US
• Richard W. Fuller · Fairfield, US
• Kenneth M. Snader · Germantown, US
• Jon Clardy · Ithaca, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 18, 1992
• Grant date: Feb 1, 1994
• Expiry date: Feb 18, 2012

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61P35/02
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to a new antitumor compound, a method for isolating same from a red alga, antitumor compositions containing same and methods of using same for treating patients with cancer. The compound of the present invention is 6(R)-bromo-3(S)-bromomethyl-7-methyl-2,3,7-trichloro-1-octene.