Karolinska Innovations Ab

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The Scripps Research Institute

Bengt Samuelsson

Per-Johan Jakobsson

Ralf Morgenstern

Anthony Ford-Hutchinson

Joseph A Mancini

Chi-Huey Wong

Benito Munoz

Wei Yuan

Isolated PGE synthase, provided from encoding nucleic acid. Methods of production and use. Assays for modulators, especially inhibitors, of PGE synthase activity.

Methods and means for modulating PGE synthase activity

Method and means for modulating PGE synthase activity

Inhibitors of leukotriene A.sub.4 hydrolase are disclosed, corresponding to Formula I, below: ##STR1## wherein the depicted --NH.sub.2 group is in the (S) configuration; --W is --CH.sub.2 SH, --CH.sub.2 NH.sub.2 or C(.dbd.Z)--Y, wherein .dbd.Z is .dbd.O, or --H and --OH; and --Y is selected from the group consisting of (a) phenyl, (b) trifluoromethylphenyl, (c) carboxyphenyl, (d) benzyl, (e) C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkylenecarboxyl, (f) C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, (g) C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 alkenyl, (h) C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkylenephenyl and (i) --C(.dbd.O)--X--R.sup.1 wherein X is O or NH and, R.sup.1 is selected from the group consisting of C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkylenecarboxyl, and benzyl; R.sup.2 is hydrogen, benzyloxy or 2-naphthylmethyloxy, and a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereof. Inhibitors wherein --W is --CH.sub.2 SH, --CH.sub.2 NH.sub.2 or C(.dbd.Z)--Y wherein .dbd.Z is .dbd.O and --Y is --C(.dbd.O)--X--R.sup.1 are particularly preferred, as are those compounds wherein .dbd.Z is .dbd. O and --Y is selected from the group consisting of (a) phenyl, (b) trifluoromethylphenyl, (c) carboxyphenyl, (d) benzyl, (e) C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkylenecarboxyl, (f) C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, (g) C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 alkenyl, (h) C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkylenephenyl. An inhibitor where --W is --CH.sub.2 SH, --CH.sub.2 NH.sub.2 or C(.dbd.Z)--Y wherein .dbd.Z is .dbd.O and --Y is --C(.dbd.O)--X--R.sup.1 is particularly preferred, as are those inhibitor compounds where .dbd.Z is .dbd.O and --Y is (a)--(h).

Tight-binding inhibitors of leukotriene A.sub.4 hydrolase

Method and apparatus for killing field weeds

Weed-killing assembly

Growing community of inventors

Djursholm, Sweden

Bengt Samuelsson