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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:
Jul. 31, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 25, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07F 9/00 ; A61K 3/1555 ; A61P 3/106 ; A61P 3/108 ; A61P 3/110 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07F 9/00 ; A61K 3/1555 ; A61P 3/106 ; A61P 3/108 ; A61P 3/110 ;
Abstract
Organic complexes of vanadium are provided, having the general structure VL,, where V is vanadium(III) and L is a monoprotic bidentate ligand that forms a five-membered, unsaturated vanadium containing ring, having vanadium coordinating oxygen or sulfur ring heteroatoms, and where the vanadium containing ring is fused to a six-membered heterocyclic ring. Preferably L is a hydroxypyrone or a hydroxypyridinone. The complexes have a number of uses, including the treatment of elevated blood glucose and related disorders, treatment of proliferative disorders, etc.