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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 31, 1997
Robert S Jacobs, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Shirley A Pomponi, Fort Pierce, FL (US);
Sarath P Gunasekera, Vero Beach, FL (US);
Amy E Wright, Fort Pierce, FL (US);
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution, Inc., Fort Pierce, FL (US);
Regents of the Univ. of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Abstract
A novel use for the class of biologically active bis-heterocyclic, e.g., bis-indole alkaloid compounds, which have been named topsentins, bromotopsentins, homocarbonyltopsentins, nortopsentins, hamacanthins, bis-indole ethylamines, or dragmacidins, pharmaceutical compositions containing the compounds, methods of producing the compounds, and methods of using the compounds are disclosed. Specifically, the novel utility pertains to the anti-neurogenicinflammatory properties exhibited by the bis-indole compounds and their analogs.