申请人:THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND AT BALTIMORE
公开号:EP0919538A1
公开(公告)日:1999-06-02
The present invention relates to the use in the treatment of cognitive disorders associted with the aging processes of the brain and perinatal brain disorders of compounds which act as inhibitors of the enzyme kynurenine aminotransferase (KAT). The present invention also provides, as novel compounds, a selected class of KAT inhibitors which are the compounds of formula (IA), wherein R is halogen, C1-C6 alkyl, C5-C7 cycloalkyl, phenyl-C1-C4 alkyl, C1-C6 alkoxy, C6-C10 aryloxy, phenyl-C1-C4 alkoxy or trifluoromethyl, and R1 is hydroxy, C1-C6 alkoxy, amino, mono-C1-C6 alkylamino di-C1-C6 alkylamino, hydroxylamino, C1-C4 alkoxyamino or benzyloxyamino, with the provisos that: (i) when R1 is hydroxy and at the same time, R is halogen, then this halogen is not fluorine; and (ii) when R1 is hydroxy and, at the same time, R is C1-C6 alkyl, then this C1-C6 alkyl is not methyl, either as a single isomer or as a mixture of isomers, and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.
本发明涉及作为犬尿氨酸氨基转移酶(KAT)抑制剂的化合物在治疗与大脑衰老过程有关的认知障碍和围产期大脑障碍中的应用。C6-C10芳氧基、苯基-C1-C4 烷氧基或三氟甲基,而 R1 是羟基、C1-C6 烷氧基、氨基、单-C1-C6 烷基氨基、二-C1-C6 烷基氨基、羟基氨基、C1-C4 烷氧基氨基或苄氧基氨基,但前提是(i) 当 R1 是羟基,同时 R 是卤素时,该卤素不是氟;以及 (ii) 当 R1 是羟基,同时 R 是 C1-C6 烷基时,该 C1-C6 烷基不是甲基,可以是单一异构体,也可以是异构体的混合物,以及它们的药学上可接受的盐。