Method to use compositions having antidepressant anxiolytic and other neurological activity and compositions of matter

US8268856B2 · kind B2 · utility

Inventors

• Mark T. Hamann · Honolulu, US
• Anna J. Kochanowska · Oxford, US
• Abir El-Alfy · Oxford, US
• Rae Matsumoto · Morgantown, US
• Angelo Boujos · Pickering, CA

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 5, 2011
• Grant date: Sep 18, 2012
• Expiry date: Oct 5, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61P25/24
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The sponges were collected from a variety of locations in the Florida Keys and separated based on morphology and color. The samples were identified as three species, two of which are well known: V. rigida (Esper, 1794) (order Verongida, family Aplysinidae) and S. aurea (Hyatt, 1875) (order Dictyoceratida, family Thorectidae), and a third S. cerebriformis (Duchassaing & Michelotti, 1864), is less common and separated based on subtle differences of morphology and coloration, from the other two species. Several compounds were isolated and were evaluated in established animal models predictive of neurological related drug function, namely, the rodent FST and the chick anxiety-depression model.