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Tocopherols, tocotrienols, other chroman and side chain derivatives and uses thereof

US7608638B2 · kind B2 · utility

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10Claims

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Assignee

Research Development Foundation · US

Inventors

Bob G. Sanders · Austin, US
Kimberly Kline · Manassas, US
Daurence Hurley · Austin, US
Robb Gardner · Austin, US
Marla Menchaca · Austin, US
Weiping Yu · Austin, US
Puthucode N. Ramanan · Austin, US
Shenquan Liu · Austin, US
Karen Israel · Austin, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 22, 2007
Grant date	Oct 27, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 22, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC07D311/76
WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention provides an antiproliferative compound having the structural formulawherein X is oxygen, nitrogen or sulfur; Y is selected from the group consisting of oxygen, nitrogen and sulfur wherein when Y is oxygen or nitrogen, n is 1 and when Y is sulfur, n is 0. Also provided is a method for inducing apoptosis in a cell comprising administering a composition comprising a compound.

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