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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 17, 2007
Yung Hou Wong, Hong Kong, CN;
Maurice Kwok Chung Ho, Hong Kong, CN;
Yueqing HU, Hong Kong, CN;
David Charles New, Hong Kong, CN;
Xixin He, Honolulu, HI (US);
Haihong Pang, Hong Kong, CN;
Yung Hou Wong, Hong Kong, CN;
Maurice Kwok Chung Ho, Hong Kong, CN;
Yueqing Hu, Hong Kong, CN;
David Charles New, Hong Kong, CN;
Xixin He, Honolulu, HI (US);
Haihong Pang, Hong Kong, CN;
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, CN;
Abstract
A method of treating, preventing, or ameliorating a pathological condition associated with a melatonin receptor in a mammal by using a pharmaceutical composition containing a compound of formula (I) as a ligand interacting with the melatonin receptor, R, R, R, Rand Rare independently H, halo, alkyloxyl, alkyl or hydroxyl, provided that one of R, R, Rand Ris X—(CH)—R; Ris alkyl or arylalkyl; Ris H or alkyl; X is a bond, O, S, SO, SO, CO or NH; n=-; Ris alkenyl, substituted or unsubstituted aryl, NRR, or OR; Ris H, substituted or unsubstituted arylmethyl, or alkenyl; and Ris H or alkyl.