CHOLINERGIC ENHANCERS WITH IMPROVED BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER PERMEABILITY FOR THE TREATMENT OF DISEASES ACCOMPANIED BY COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT
申请人:Maelicke Alfred
公开号:US20070213318A1
公开(公告)日:2007-09-13
The present invention refers to compounds that, in addition to enhancing the sensitivity to acetylcholine and choline of neuronal cholinergic receptors and/or acting as cholinesterase inhibitors and/or neuroprotective agents, have enhanced blood-brain barrier permeability in comparison to their parent compounds. The compounds are derived (either formally by their chemical structure or directly by chemical synthesis) from natural compounds belonging to the class of amaryllidaceae alkaloids e.g. galanthamine, narwedine and lycoramine, or from metabolites of said compounds. The compounds of the present invention can either interact as such with their target molecules, or they can act as “pro-drugs”, in the sense that after reaching their target regions in the body they are converted by hydrolysis or enzymatic attack to the original parent compound and react as such with their target molecules, or both. The compounds of this invention may be used as medicaments for the treatment of human brain diseases associated with a cholinergic deficit, including the neurodegenerative diseases Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease and the psychiatric diseases vascular dementia, schizophrenia and epilepsy.
Cholinergic Enhancers with Improved Blood-Brain Barrier permeability for the Treatment of Diseases Accompanied by Cognitive Impairment
申请人:Maelicke Alfred
公开号:US20080261954A1
公开(公告)日:2008-10-23
The present invention refers to compounds that, in addition to enhancing the sensitivity to acetylcholine and choline, and their exogenous agonists, of neuronal cholinergic receptors and/or acting as cholinesterase inhibitors and/or neuroprotective agents, have enhanced blood-brain barrier permeability in comparison to their parent compounds. The compounds are derived (either formally by their chemical structure or directly by chemical synthesis) from natural compounds belonging to the class of amaryllidaceae alkaloids e.g. Galanthamine, narwedine and lycoramine, or from metabolites of said compounds.
Chemical and pharmacological characterization of galanthamine, an acetylcholinesterase inhibitor, and its derivatives. A potential application in Alzheimer's disease?
We conducted structural and pharmacological studies of galanthamine, a cortical acetylcholinesterase (AChE) inhibitor, and 19 structural analogs. Systematic derivatization of galanthamine at the cyclohexene ring, tertiary amino, hydroxyl and methoxyl functions indicated that these structural features are essential for biological activity. Molecular modeling studies suggested that the low energy conformations of the analogs are similar to that of the parent. One derivative, galanthamine n-butyl carbamate, had an LD50 of over 100 mg/kg (ip) in mice. In a passive avoidance paradigm, this analog improved performance in a dose-dependent fashion with a peak effect at 0.1 mg/kg in control and 0.5 mg/kg in basal forebrain lesioned mice. In the same paradigm, the peak effect of the parent compound is a 6-fold higher dose. With this surprinsingly high therapeutic ratio, this compound may be of interest in treating cholinergic deficits of the central nervous system such as Alzheimer's disease.
US9763953B2
申请人:——
公开号:US9763953B2
公开(公告)日:2017-09-19
PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING EXTREMELY PURE BENZAZEPINE DERIVATIVES
申请人:GERDES Klaus
公开号:US20090326219A1
公开(公告)日:2009-12-31
A process for the production of extremely pure galanthamine or extremely pure galanthamine derivatives, a start is made from racemic bromine narwedine, which is debrominated under palladium catalysis. In this case, the working-up of the reaction mixture, which is carried out in the presence of oxygen or peroxides so that the palladium catalyst in an insoluble form is converted into an easily separable form, is essential. The further reaction is carried out by reduction of enantiomer-pure narwedine to form enantiomer-pure galanthamine, whereby it is then alkylated or dealkylated so that a corresponding substitution on the ring-nitrogen atom is achieved. By further purification, such as recrystallization, residual portions of palladium of below 5 ppm are achieved, so that direct use as a pharmaceutical raw material is made possible.