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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 11, 1995
Robert L Hudkins, Chester Springs, PA (US);
Ernest Knight, Jr, Wilmington, DE (US);
Cephalon, Inc., West Chester, PA (US);
Abstract
Disclosed herein are compounds referred to as 'fused pyrrolocarbazoles' which possess a variety of functional pharmacological activities including effect on the function and/or survival of trophic factor responsive cells; inhibition of enzymatic activity; inhibition of inflammation-associated responses; inhibition of cell growth associated with hyperproliferative states; and inhibition of developmentally programmed motoneuron death. The disclosed compounds are represented by the following general formula: ##STR1## Methodologies for the synthetic production of fused pyrrolocarbazoles are also disclosed, as well as exemplary uses of the compounds.