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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2011
Ajay Gupta, Dollard-des-Ormeaux, CA;
Hyman M. Schipper, Montreal, CA;
Moulay Alaoui-jamali, Laval, CA;
Walter A. Szarek, Kingston, CA;
Kanji Nakatsu, Kingston, CA;
Jason Z. Vlahakis, Kingston, CA;
Ajay Gupta, Dollard-des-Ormeaux, CA;
Hyman M. Schipper, Montreal, CA;
Moulay Alaoui-Jamali, Laval, CA;
Walter A. Szarek, Kingston, CA;
Kanji Nakatsu, Kingston, CA;
Jason Z. Vlahakis, Kingston, CA;
Osta Biotechnologies, Dollard-des-Ormeaux, CA;
Queens University at Kingston, Kingston, CA;
The Sir Mortimer B. Davis-Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, CA;
Abstract
Disclosed are compounds of the general formula (I): compositions comprising an effective amount of said compounds either alone or in combination with other chemotherapeutic agents, and methods useful for treating or preventing cancer and for inhibiting tumor tissue growth. These compounds attenuate the oxidative damage associated with increased heme-oxygenase activity and can reduce cell proliferation in transformed cells. In addition, the described compounds and compositions are useful as neuroprotectants and for treating or preventing neurodegenerative disorders and other diseases of the central nervous system.