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Metalloproteinase inhibitors, their therapeutic use and process for the production of the starting compound in the synthesis thereof

US6339160B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateMay 9, 2000
Grant dateJan 15, 2002
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Expiry dateMay 9, 2020

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  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61K38/00
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Objects of the present invention are compounds of a peptido-mimetic character having the capacity of acting as inhibitors of metalloproteinases produced by venom of snake, and of other metalloproteinases of human origin which have been put in relation with various pathologies in man, including tumoral growth and metastatization, aterosclerosis, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, osteoporosis, hypertension, rheumatoid arthritis and other inflammatory diseases.Object of the present invention is also the procedure for the production of diethylester of (1)-phosphotryptophan, as an initial product necessary to synthesize all compounds mentioned above.

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