The present invention relates to pentose and pentose derivatives that are effective at increasing glucose transport in a non-insulin dependent manner, and to uses thereof for a) treating and/or preventing hyperglycemia; b) treating and/or preventing the complications of hyperglycemia; c) treating diabetes; d) increasing the rate of cellular glucose transport; e) increasing the rate of cellular glucose uptake; f) improving the ability of a subject to metabolize glucose; g) treating daily blood glucose fluctuations; h) reducing blood sugar levels; i) reducing the dosage of anti-diabetic medication needed for treatment of diabetes. The present invention further provides novel pentose derivatives having beneficial properties in terms of pharmacokinetics, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these novel compounds and uses thereof.
本发明涉及以非
胰岛素依赖方式有效增加
葡萄糖转运的戊糖和戊糖衍
生物,并涉及其用于 a) 治疗和/或预防高血糖;b) 治疗和/或预防高血糖并发症;c) 治疗糖尿病;d) 增加细胞
葡萄糖转运率; e) 增加细胞
葡萄糖摄取率; f) 改善受试者代谢
葡萄糖的能力; g) 治疗日常血糖波动; h) 降低血糖
水平; i) 减少治疗糖尿病所需的抗糖尿病药物剂量。本发明进一步提供了在药代动力学方面具有有益特性的新型戊糖衍
生物,以及包含这些新型化合物的药物组合物及其用途。