Disclosed herein are compounds referred to as "fused pyrrolocarbazoles" which possess a variety of functional pharmacological activities including effect on the function and/or survival of trophic factor responsive cells; inhibition of enzymatic activity; inhibition of inflammation-associated responses; inhibition of cell growth associated with hyperproliferative states; and inhibition of developmentally programmed motoneuron death.. The disclosed compounds are represented by the following general formula:
Methodologies for the synthetic production of fused pyrrolocarbazoles are also disclosed, as well as exemplary uses of the compounds.
A moisturizing agent comprising one or more than one compound selected from the group consisting of lysyl-β-alanine represented by the following general formula (1) and a salt thereof:
The present invention relates generally to selected fused pyrrolocarbazoles, including pharmaceutical compositions thereof and methods of treating diseases therewith. The present invention is also directed to intermediates and processes for making these fused pyrrolocarbazoles.