Euphar Group S.r.l.

Angelo Ranise

Paolo Corvi Mora

Salts of asiatic and madecassic acid with pharmaceutically acceptable organic bases, suitable for the preparation of pharmaceutical and cosmetic compositions for the topical and systemic treatment of erithema, varicose ulcers, venous insufficiency, bedsores, delayed cicatrization, ambustions, traumatic and surgery wounds, alloeosises of the cutaneous trophism, ophthalmic alloeosises and inflammatory processes.

Salts of asiatic and madecassic acid suitable for the preparation of pharmaceutical and cosmetic compositions

A description is given here of novel solid and stable derivatives of (&minus;)-verbenone having formula (I) wherein, when X&equals;O Z&equals;H, &boxH;CHAr, &boxH;C(OH)COOEt, &boxH;NOR; Y&equals;H, NH , NH &plus;X &minus;, NHCOAr, NHCOR, NHCONHR, NHCONHAr, X -&equals;pharmaceutically acceptable anion; Ar-aryl or heteroaryl, preferably phenyl, 4-chlorophenyl, 2-furyl, 2-thienyl, 2-hydroxyphenyl, 2-acetoxyphenyl; R&equals;H, C -C alkyl, C -C cycloalkyl, CH COOH, CH COOEt, CH COCH , CH CN, CH COCH COOEt, CH C H ; and, when X&equals;dimethylamino, diethylamino, pyrrolidino, piperidino or morpholino: Y&equals;H; Z&equals;H, CONHAr, COHNR; Ar&equals;aryl, preferably phenyl; R&equals;H, C -C alkyl, C -C cycloakyl. A description is also given of the processes for the preparation of these derivatives and of the novel intermediates used in those processes. The novel derivatives are characterized by their solubility in water; some of them also have a high anti-inflammatory activity.

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Genoa, Italy

Angelo Ranise