USE OF KYNURENIC ACID AMIDE DERIVATIVES FOR THE TREATMENT OF HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE
申请人:Szegedi Tudomanyegyetem
公开号:EP2588109A1
公开(公告)日:2013-05-08
[EN] USE OF KYNURENIC ACID AMIDE DERIVATIVES FOR THE TREATMENT OF HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE<br/>[FR] UTILISATION DE DÉRIVÉS D'AMIDE D'ACIDE KYNURÉNIQUE POUR LE TRAITEMENT DE LA MALADIE DE HUNTINGTON
申请人:UNIV SZEGEDI
公开号:WO2012001438A1
公开(公告)日:2012-01-05
The invention is directed to kynurenic acid analogues and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and pharmaceutical compositions containing said compounds for treating the symptoms of Huntington's disease and preventing the development of the symptoms.
Synthesis and biological effects of some kynurenic acid analogs
The overactivation of excitatory amino acid receptors plays a key role in the pathomechanism of several neurodegenerative disorders and in ischemic and post-ischemic events. Kynurenic acid (KYNA) is an endogenous product of the tryptophan metabolism and, as a broad-spectrum antagonist of excitatory amino acid receptors, may serve as a protective agent in neurological disorders. The use of KYNA is excluded