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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 29, 2006
Applicant:
Richard J. Knox, Carmarthen, GB;
Inventor:
Richard J. Knox, Carmarthen, GB;
Assignee:
Morvus Technology Limited, Carmarthen, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07D 203/14 (2006.01); C07B 31/00 (2006.01); A61K 31/04 (2006.01); A61K 31/045 (2006.01); A61K 31/12 (2006.01); A61K 31/396 (2006.01); A61K 45/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 31/04 (2013.01); C07D 203/14 (2013.01); C07B 31/00 (2013.01); A61K 31/045 (2013.01); A61K 31/12 (2013.01); A61K 31/396 (2013.01); A61K 45/06 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided the use as reducing agents of alpha-hydroxycarbonyl compounds capable of forming cyclic dimers. There is also provided corresponding methods of reducing reducible compounds, particularly reduction-activated prodrugs. Examples of the alpha-hydroxycarbonyl compounds used are dihydroxyacetone, glycolaldehyde, glyceraldehyde, erythrose, xylulose, erythrulose or 3-hydroxy-2-butanone.