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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 23, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 14, 1994
Koji Nakanishi, New York, NY (US);
Amira T Eldefrawi, Baltimore, MD (US);
Mohyee E Eldefrawi, Baltimore, MD (US);
Peter N Usherwood, Nottingham, GB;
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a compound having the structure: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is hydrogen or a branched or unbranched, substituted or unsubstituted aminoalkyl having from two to twenty atoms in the chain, R.sub.2 is hydrogen, methyl, or a branched or unbranched, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl having from two to twenty atoms in the chain; when R.sub.2 is methyl, R.sub.3 is either hydrogen or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl; and R.sub.4 is methyl, a branched or unbranched, substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkenynyl, or cycloalkyl having from two to twenty atoms in the chain, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group. The invention also concerns a method of preparing the compound from the venom, venom sacs or venom glands of the wasp Philanthus triangulun F. Additionally, the invention provides a method of chemically synthesizing the compound. Another aspect of the invention concerns a method of treating a subject afflicted by a disorder associated with binding of an etiological agent to a glutamate receptor. Lastly, the invention provides an insecticidal composition which comprises an effective amount of the compound and a suitable carrier and a method of combatting insects which comprises administering to the insects the insecticidal composition.
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