Patent ID: 6387916
Filing Date: 2002-05-14
Classification: A61K,A61P

Abstract:
A method of treating inflammation in a human or animal, wherein said method comprises administering to said human or animal an effective amount of a compound, or a salt thereof, wherein said compound has a formula selected from the group consisting of: wherein X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, and X6 are, independently, a hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy, lower alkoxy, lower acyloxy, or lower mono or dialkyl amino group; R1 is a hydrogen, lower alkyl or lower acyl group; R2 is a hydrogen, hydroxy, lower alkoxy or lower acyloxy group; wherein X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, and X6 are the same or different and are a hydrogen, halogen, hydroxyl, lower alkoxy, lower acyloxy, thiol, lower alkylthiol, nitro, amino, lower alkylsulfonyl, aminosulfonyl, hydroxy sulfonyl (â€”SO3H), lower acylamino, lower alkyl, or lower monoalkyl- or dialkyl-amino group; R1 and R2 are the same or different and are a hydrogen, lower alkyl, or lower acyl group; and Y is a hydrogen, hydroxyl, lower alkoxy, or lower acyloxy group wherein R is a hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy, or lower acyloxy group; and X is a double bonded oxygen, or is the same or different and is any two of a hydrogen, hydroxy, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy, or lower acyloxy group wherein said lower alkyl, alkoxy, or acyloxy groups have from 1 to about 5 carbon atoms.