Patent ID: 6271266
Filing Date: 2001-08-07
Classification: A61K

Abstract:
A method of protecting cells from the cytotoxicity of .beta.-amyloid protein in a mammal, which comprises administering to such mammal an effective amount of a compound of the formula: ##STR4##wherein R.sup.1 represents a lower alkyl;R.sup.2 represents a hydrogen, an optionally substituted alkyl or an optionally substituted alkenyl;R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 each represents an optionally substituted lower alkyl or a lower alkoxy, or R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 form, taken together, a butadienylene; andX.sup.1 and X.sup.2 each represents an optionally esterified or etherified hydroxy, or a salt thereof with a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient, carrier or diluent.