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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 07, 1992
Filed:
Jul. 19, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Abraham Spector, New York, NY (US);
Stephen R Wilson, Chatham, NJ (US);
Paul A Zucker, Maplewood, NJ (US);
Assignees:
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, New York, NY (US);
New York University, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ; C07D / ; A61K / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514422 ; 514654 ; 514655 ; 548518 ; 562899 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides compounds having glutathione peroxidase activity and, therefore, are effective glutathione peroxidase replacements. These compounds are useful as drugs for the prevention of cataracts and as anti-oxidants for H.sub.2 O.sub.2 and other peroxides. The present invention also provides methods and pharmaceutical compositions of the compound.