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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 27, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Brian K Shull, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Clarke Slemon, Willowdale, CA;
Masato Koreeda, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; C07H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514 25 ; 536-41 ; 536 172 ; 536 179 ; 536 181 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to chemotherapeutic agents, and more particularly, to novel analogs of camptothecin. The camptothecin analogs display increased solubility through the hydrophilicity of added non-ionic sugar substituents. In accordance with the present invention, a member from the class of novel camptothecin analogs is to be delivered in vivo as a chemotherapeutic agent to fight cancer growth in the body.