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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 28, 2003
Bob G. Sanders, Austin, TX (US);
Kimberly Kline, Austin, TX (US);
Weiping Yu, Austin, TX (US);
Research Development Foundation, Carson City, NV (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides an antiproliferative compound having a structural formula where X and Y independently are oxygen, nitrogen or sulfur; Ris alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl, heteroaryl, carboxylic acid, carboxylate, carboxamide, ester, thioamide, thiolacid, thiolester, saccharide, alkoxy-linked saccharide, amine, sulfonate, sulfate, phosphate, alcohol, ethers or nitrites; Rand Rare hydrogen or R; Ris methyl, benzyl carboxylic acid, benzyl carboxylate, benzyl carboxamide, benzylester, saccharide or amine; and Ris alkenyl; where when Y is nitrogen, said nitrogen is substituted with R, wherein Ris hydrogen or methyl. Also provided are methods for treating a cell proliferative disease and for inducing apoptosis in a cell comprising administering this compound is also provided.