Abstract:
The present invention relates to compounds and compositions useful for reducing the risk of epileptic occurrences and/or for alleviating epileptic phenomena in patients. In accordance with the invention, the compounds and compositions have at least the following two components: a) vitamin B6-based component selected from pyridoxal, pyridoxamine, pyridoxine, their pharmaceutically acceptable functional derivatives and salts; and b) at least one antiepileptic drug (AED) or anticonvulsive, neuroprotective drug or nootrope compound or moiety. The invention further relates to methods for preventing epileptic episodes and for alleviating epileptic episodes, as well as methods for reducing side effects of antiepileptic drugs.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a family of branched fatty acids and their derivatives, which improve and enable the penetration and absorption of active ingredients through biomembranes, such as the blood brain barrier. The invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising these branched fatty acids and methods of using these compositions to permeabilize biological membranes thereby improving the administration of bioactive or therapeutic substances to cells or organs. According to a more preferred embodiment of this invention the methods are particularly useful to treat certain kinds of CNS lesions and diseases including tumors, infections, abscesses and degenerative and behavioral disorders.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of highly pure 3-(1-cyclopropenyl) propionic acid salt, particulary 3-(1-cyclopropenyl) propionic acid sodium salt, an ethylene receptor antagonist that may be used for inhibiting the abscission and ripening of plants and for prolonging the life of picked fruit, vegetable and cut flowers.
Abstract:
The invention discloses stable diesters of chelating agents of divalent metal ions, processes for their preparation and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Most preferred compounds according to the present invention are stable lipophilic diesters comprising a covalent conjugate of a BAPTA and a pharmaceutically acceptable alcohol. The diesters are useful in a method for treating a condition or disease related to an excess of divalent metal ions, and in particular for the treatment of a condition or disease related to elevated levels of intracellular calcium ions, such as in brain or cardiac ischemia, stroke, epilepsy, Alzheimer's disease or cardiac arrhythmia and in open heart surgery.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a family of branched fatty acids and their derivatives, which improve and enable the penetration and absorption of active ingredients through biomembranes, such as the blood brain barrier. The invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions comprising these branched fatty acids and methods of using these compositions to permeabilize biological membranes thereby improving the administration of bioactive or therapeutic substances to cells or organs. According to a more preferred embodiment of this invention the methods are particularly useful to treat certain kinds of CNS lesions and diseases including tumors, infections, abscesses and degenerative and behavioral disorders.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to compounds and compositions useful for reducing the risk of epileptic occurrences and/or for alleviating epileptic phenomena in patients. In accordance with the invention, the compounds and compositions have at least the following two components: a) vitamin B6-based component selected from pyridoxal, pyridoxamine, pyridoxine, their pharmaceutically acceptable functional derivatives and salts; and b) at least one antiepileptic drug (AED) or anticonvulsive, neuroprotective drug or nootrope compound or moiety. The invention further relates to methods for preventing epileptic episodes and for alleviating epileptic episodes, as well as methods for reducing side effects of antiepileptic drugs.
Abstract:
The invention discloses prodrugs comprising anti-proliferative drugs covalently linked, via a bridging group, to a phospholipid moiety such that the active species is preferentially released, preferably by enzymatic cleavage, at the required site of action. The invention further discloses pharmaceutical compositions comprising said prodrugs and the uses thereof for the treatment of diseases and disorders related to inflammatory, to degenerative or atrophic conditions, and to uncontrolled cell growth.