Use of efomycins

US6291515A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BAYER HEALTHCARE LLC · DE

Inventors

• Horst-Peter Antonicek · Bensberg, DE
• Erwin Bischoff · Wuppertal, DE
• Daniel Gondol · Bensberg, DE
• Oliver Gutbrod · Odenthal, DE
• Thomas Krahn · Hagen, DE
• Maria-Luisa Rodriguez · Erkrath, DE
• Helmuth Schutz · Regensburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 12, 1999
• Grant date: Sep 18, 2001
• Expiry date: Mar 12, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07D321/00
• WIPO field: Organic fine chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to the use of known efomycins and elaiophylins for the treatment of autoimmune disorders, to new natural substances efomycins M and T, and processes for their preparation; in particular to their use as medicaments in psoriasis therapy.