Patent ID: 6114353
Filing Date: 2000-09-05
Classification: A61K

Abstract:
A method of treating lymphomas, leukemias, and/or leiomyomas in a laboratory animal or a human, comprising: administering to said laboratory animal or said human an effective dose of a composition including one or more pharmaceutical substances selected from the group consisting of N-substituted 2-(1H) pyridones, N-substituted 3-(1) pyridones, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein said 2-(1H) pyridiones have the following general structural formula: ##STR3## where: R1 is selected from the group consisting of (1) an alkyl group, with R3 hydrogen, and (2) hydrogen, with R3 consisting of an alkyl group; A is an aryl group; and R2 and R4 are hydrogen;and wherein said 3-(1H) pyridones have the following general structural formula: ##STR4## where: R2 is selected from the group consisting of (1) an alkyl group, with R3 hydrogen, and (2)hydrogen, with R3 consisting of an alkyl group; A is an aryl group; and R1 and R4 are hydrogen.