This invention features ring-substituted pyrrolo-&bgr;-carboline derivatives and ring-substitution and structural derivatives of 3-(1H-indol-3-yl)-1H-pyrrole-2,5-dione of formulas (I-III), which are useful as neuroprotective and anti-proliferative compounds. Also disclosed are methods for the preparation of these compounds, selected biological profiles and uses of these compounds in the treatment of various neurodegenerative and inflammatory diseases of the human nervous system and in the treatment of various other proliferative disorders characterized by loss of growth or cellular differentiation control including, but not limited to, cancer and inflammation.
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这项发明涉及环取代
吡咯β-咔啉衍
生物和3-(1H-
吲哚-3-基)-1H-
吡咯-2,5-二
酮的环取代和结构衍
生物,其作为神经保护和抗增殖化合物具有用途。还公开了这些化合物的制备方法,选择的
生物学特性以及这些化合物在治疗人类神经系统的各种神经退行性和炎症性疾病以及治疗其他各种增殖性疾病中的用途,这些疾病的特征是失去生长或细胞分化控制,包括但不限于癌症和炎症。