Metabolic effects of certain glutathione analogs
US5955432A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 3, 1996 |
| Grant date | Sep 21, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 3, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01N30/02
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Compounds of the formula ##STR1## and the esters, amides, amide/esters and salts thereof, wherein YCO is .gamma.-glu or .beta.-asp; PA1 G* is phenylglycine or glycine; PA1 Z is CH.sub.2, O or S; and PA1 X is a hydrocarbon radical selected from C.sub.6 -C.sub.8 alkyl or selected aromatic groups are useful in modulating hematopoiesis in bone marrow, mitigating the bone-marrow-destructive effects of a chemotherapeutic agent, and in potentiating the toxicity of chemotherapeutic agents.
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