The present invention relates to a new crystalline form of R-4- trimethylammonium-3-(tetradecylcarbamoyl)-amino butyrate (also named crystalline Form I of ST 1326 or teglicar), a process for its preparation and pharmaceutical compositions containing same.
Compounds of formula (I)
wherein the groups are as defined in the description are disclosed.
The compounds of formula (I) are endowed with reversible inhibiting activity of carnitine palmitoyl-transferase and are useful in the preparation of medicaments useful in the pathologies related to a hyperactivity of carnitine palmitoyl-transferase, such as hyperglycemia, diabetes and pathologies related thereto, heart failure, ischemia.
Crystal structures of carnitine palmitoyltransferase-2 (CPT-2) and uses thereof
申请人:F. HOFFMANN-LA ROCHE AG
公开号:EP1760147A1
公开(公告)日:2007-03-07
The present invention provides crystals of carnitinc palmitoyltransfcrasc (CPT) and co-crystals of CPT with an inhibitor compounds that allow screening for novel inhibitors of CPT-2 by determining the structure of co-crystals based on the coordinates of the crystals disclosed herein.
Agents and methods for administration to the central nervous system
申请人:Crockford David
公开号:US20060120971A1
公开(公告)日:2006-06-08
The present invention provides pharmaceutical compositions and methods for intranasal administration to a subject to increase long-chain acyl CoA levels in the CNS (e.g., the hypothalamus), to reduce food intake and/or reduce appetite, to improve hepatic autoregulation, and/or to treat a metabolic disorder such as diabetes mellitus, metabolic syndrome, hyperglycemia, insulin resistance, glucose intolerance and/or obesity.