ANTICANCER AGENTS, PERFUMES OR FOODS AND DRINKS CONTAINING $g(v)-HYDROXYFATTY ACIDS
申请人:SODA AROMATIC COMPANY, LIMITED
公开号:EP1249236A1
公开(公告)日:2002-10-16
The present invention relates to drugs and, particularly, to anticancer agents.
More particularly, the present invention relates to an anticancer agents containing, as an active ingredient, at least one compound selected from the group consisting of ω-hydroxy fatty acids and salts or esters thereof, hydroxy oxo-fatty acids and salts or esters thereof, lactones, macrocyclic ketones, and macrocyclic diesters having specific chemical structures.
With respect to the compounds described above used in the present invention, since the activities of killing cancer and inhibiting cancer metastasis are significantly high, the effects of preventing the recurrence of cancer and preventing cancer are exhibited, the cytotoxicity is significantly low, and a small dose is effective, it is possible to provide anticancer agents having significantly decreased side effects. Additionally, use in combination with known antitumor agents can further enhance the activity of inhibiting cancer metastasis. Among the anticancer agents of the present invention, ω-hydroxy fatty acids can be easily obtained in high purities by hydrolyzing lactones which are also the anticancer agents of the present invention.
本发明涉及药物,特别是抗癌剂。
更具体地说,本发明涉及一种抗癌剂,其中含有至少一种选自具有特定化学结构的ω-羟基脂肪酸及其盐或酯、羟基氧代脂肪酸及其盐或酯、内酯、大环酮和大环二酯组成的组的化合物作为活性成分。
对于本发明中使用的上述化合物,由于杀灭癌症和抑制癌症转移的活性显著较高,具有防止癌症复发和预防癌症的效果,细胞毒性显著较低,且小剂量即可有效,因此可以提供副作用显著降低的抗癌剂。此外,与已知的抗肿瘤药物联合使用可进一步提高抑制癌症转移的活性。在本发明的抗癌剂中,ω-羟基脂肪酸很容易通过水解内酯得到高纯度的ω-羟基脂肪酸,这些内酯也是本发明的抗癌剂。