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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 13, 1994
Kenneth A Jacobson, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Carola Gallo-Rodriguez, Buenos Aires, AR;
Philip J van Galen, Oss, NL;
Dag K von Lubitz, Alexandria, VA (US);
Heaok Kim Jeong, Rockville, MD (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides N.sup.6 -benzyladenosine-5'-N-uronamide and related substituted compounds, particularly those containing substituents on the benzyl and/or uronamide groups, and modified xanthine ribosides, as well as pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds. The present invention also provides a method of selectively activating an A.sub.3 adenosine receptor in a mammal, which method comprises acutely or chronically administering to a mammal in need of selective activation of its A.sub.3 adenosine receptor a therapeutically effective amount of a compound which binds with the A.sub.3 receptor so as to stimulate an A.sub.3 receptor-dependent response.