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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 20, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dimitri Coucouvanis, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Dell Rosa, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07F / ; C07F / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
556 45 ; 424450 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates generally to carriers for transport of amino acid, amino acid derivatives and other biologically important molecules such as catecholamines and neurotransmitters. In particular, the present invention relates to ditopic receptor molecules that contain salicylaldimine and crown-ether subunits, and complexed to metal ions. The compounds of the present invention were shown to have efficient transport properties for zwitterions.