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Sialic acid/fucose based medicaments

US5679321A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJun 6, 1995
Grant dateOct 21, 1997
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Expiry dateJun 6, 2015

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N2333/4724
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

Compounds that are synthetically inexpensive to make relative to the naturally occurring selectin ligands and that retain selectin binding activity are described that have a three-dimensionally stable configuration for sialic acid and fucose, or analogs or derivatives of these groups, such that sialic acid and fucose are separated by a non-carbohydrate linker that permits binding between those groups and the selectins, such compounds being represented by the following general structural formula I(a): ##STR1## wherein m and n are independently an integer of from 1 to 5, Y and Z are independently a connecting moiety selected from the group consisting of --CH.sub.2 --, --O--, --S--, --NR' and --NR'R"-- (wherein R' and R" are independently H or an alkyl containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms); X is a connecting moiety which is selected from the group consisting of --O--, --S-- and --N--; and --R'" may be --R" or any moiety which does not interfere with the three-dimensional configuration of A or B so as to interfere with selectin binding and is preferably a moiety selected from the group consisting of --OR", --SR", --I, --N.sub.3, and --NR'R", and A is selected from the group consisting of .al…

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