申请人:MEDICAL RES COUNCIL
公开号:WO2005085189A2
公开(公告)日:2005-09-15
The present invention relates to compounds of formula (I), or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein X is selected from (II) and (III), Y is selected from SO2NH, CONH, CH=N, CH2NH and CH=CH; R1-5 are each independently selected from H, OH, OR6, CO2H, C02R7, NO2, CN CONR8R9, CONHR10, CO2(CH2)nCO2R11, CO2(CH2)mO(CO)R12, CO2CHR13COR14, CONH(CH2)pCO2R15, CONH(CH2)qO(CO)R16, CONHCHRI7COR18; R6-18 are each independently hydrocarbyl; n, m, p and q are each independently 1, 2, 3 or 4; with the proviso that when X is phenyl, Y is CH=CH, R3 is OH and R1, R4 and R5 are H, R2 is other than COON. Further aspects of the invention relate to the use of such compounds in the preparation of a medicament for the treatment or prevention of transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs), and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same.