Nitric Oxide Releasing Prodrugs of Therapeutic Agents
申请人:SATYAM Apparao
公开号:US20110263526A1
公开(公告)日:2011-10-27
The present invention relates to nitric oxide releasing prodrugs of known drugs or therapeutic agents which are represented herein as compounds of formula (I) wherein the drugs or therapeutic agents contain one or more functional groups independently selected from a carboxylic acid, an amino, a hydroxyl and a sulfhydryl group. The invention also relates to processes for the preparation of the nitric oxide releasing prodrugs (the compounds of formula (I)), to pharmaceutical compositions containing them and to methods of using the prodrugs.