Nereus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Jennifer Grodberg

Michael A Palladino

Yoshio Hayashi

Kin S Lam

Barbara Christine Potts

Ginger Tsueng

Scott Sherman Mitchell

Katherine Anne Reed

Donald J White

Scott S Mitchell

Barbara C Potts

Compounds represented by the following structure (I) are disclosed: as are methods for making such compounds, wherein said methods comprise reacting a diacyldiketopiperazine with a first aldehyde to produce an intermediate compound; and reacting the intermediate compound with a second aldehyde to produce the class of compounds with the generic structure, where the first aldehyde and the second aldehydes are selected from the group consisting of an oxazolecarboxaldeyhyde, imidazolecarboxaldehyde, a benzaldehyde, imidazolecarboxaldehyde derivatives, and benzaldehyde derivatives, thereby forming the above compound wherein R, R', R&#x2032;, R, R, R, R, and R, Xand X, Y, Z, Z, Z, Z, and Zmay each be separately defined in a manner consistent with the accompanying description. Compositions and methods for treating cancer and fungal infection are also disclosed.

Dehydrophenylahistins and analogs thereof and the synthesis of dehydrophenylahistins and analogs thereof

Compounds represented by the following structure (I) are disclosed: as are methods for making such compounds, wherein said methods comprise reacting a diacyldiketopiperazine with a first aldehyde to produce an intermediate compound; and reacting the intermediate compound with a second aldehyde to produce the class of compounds with the generic structure, where the first aldehyde and the second aldehydes are selected from the group consisting of an oxazolecarboxaldeyhyde, imidazolecarboxaldehyde, a benzaldehyde, imidazolecarboxaldehyde derivatives, and benzaldehyde derivatives, thereby forming the above compound wherein R, R', R&#x2033;, R, R, R, R, and R, Xand X, Y, Z, Z, Z, Z, and Zmay each be separately defined in a manner consistent with the accompanying description. Compositions and methods for treating cancer and fungal infection are also disclosed.

Compounds of Formula I, commonly referred to as bis-indole pyrroles, including isolated naturally-occurring compounds, synthetic and semi-synthetic derivatives thereof having antimicrobial properties and to antimicrobial compositions that include one or more of bis-indole pyrroles and their derivatives or analogs having antimicrobial properties are disclosed. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and methods of treating bacterial infections with the disclosed compounds or the disclosed pharmaceutical compositions are also disclosed.

Bis-indole pyrroles useful as antimicrobials agents

Methods of using a compound, its pharmaceutically acceptable salts, and/or its pro-drug esters, in isolated form, to treat cancer, and methods for isolating, for formulating, and for administering the compound, salt, and/or pro-drug ester as an antitumor agent, wherein the compound, salt, or pro-drug ester has the following structure:

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