This invention relates to a novel class of acidic amino acid/dicarboxylic acid derivatives (sulfonic acid/sulfate derivatives of naturally occurring amino acids and their amides) useful as inhibitors of osteoclastogenesis. The invention also provides methods of using the novel class of acidic amino acid/dicarboxylic acid derivatives of the general formula ZOC—(CRR)
m
—COOH, wherein: m=
2, 3
or
4
; Z is OH or NH
2
; one R in the compound is from the group consisting of SO
3
H, OSO
3
H, CH
2
—SO
3
H, CH
2
—OSO
3
H, and NHSO
3
H, and the remaining Rs are H or NH
2
, for inhibition of osteoclastogenesis.
这项发明涉及一类新型的酸性
氨基酸/二
羧酸衍
生物(天然
氨基酸及其酰胺的
磺酸/
硫酸酯衍
生物),用作抑制破骨细胞生成。该发明还提供了使用一般式为ZOC—(CRR)m—COOH的新型酸性
氨基酸/二
羧酸衍
生物的方法,其中:m=2、3或4;Z为OH或NH2;化合物中的一个R来自包括SO3H、OSO3H、
CH2—SO3H、 —OSO3H和NHSO3H的群体,其余的R为H或NH2,用于抑制破骨细胞生成。