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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 22, 2005
Applicants:
William G. Love, Horsham, GB;
William Rhys-williams, Burgess Hill, GB;
Derek Brundish, Horsham, GB;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Destiny Pharma Ltd., Falmer, Brighton, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D 487/22 (2006.01); A61K 31/40 (2006.01); A61K 31/44 (2006.01); A61B 5/055 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention provides the use of a compound of Formula (I), or metallated derivative thereof, in the preparation of a medicament for killing or attenuating the growth of microorganisms by a method which does not comprise exposing the compound to a photodynamic therapy light source or a sonodynamic therapy ultrasound source Formula (I) wherein X, X, X, X, Yi, Y, Y, Yand Z have meanings given in the description. Preferably, the microorganisms are selected from the group consisting off bacteria, mycoplasmas, yeasts, fungi and viruses.