摘要:
Novel, transient prodrug forms of biologically active agents containing mercapto groups have (i) the structural formula: wherein X is O, S or NR 5 ; R 1 S is the residue of any biologically active agent R'SH; R 2 is alkyl; aryl; cycloalkyl; alkenyl; cycloalkenyl; alkynynl; aralkyl, alkyryl, aralkenyl, aralkynyl, alkenylaryl, alkynylaryl, loweracyloxyalkyl, and caraboxyal- kyl, heterocyclic, either directly bonded to the carbonyl function or linked thereto via an alkylene bridge, and subsituted derivatives of the above; R 3 is hydrogen, R 2 , lower acyl, cyano, haloloweralkyl, carbamyl, -CH 2 ONO 2 and -CH 2 OCOR 2 ; R 5 is hydrogen or lower alkyl; and further wherein R 2 and R 3 may be taken together to form a cyclizing moiety with the provizo that when R'S is the residue of a sulfur containing amino acid, the X cannot be NR 5 ; (ii) the structural formula (I) wherein is the residue of an amino acid, and (iii) the non-toxic, pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; process for preparing and therapeutically effective composition containing the same.