Patent ID: 7807660
Filing Date: 2010-10-05
Classification: A61K,A61P,C07C,Y02A

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling Cryptosporidium parvum in a mammal wherein the presence of Cryptosporidium parvum results in a Cryptosporidium parvum related disorder in said mammal, comprising administering to said mammal an effective amount of a tetracycline compound, such that Cryptosporidium parvum is controlled in said mammal, wherein said tetracycline compound comprises the following formula (I) wherein X is CHC(R R R R R R R R Y′ and Y are each independently hydrogen, halogen, hydroxyl, cyano, sulfhydryl, amino, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, alkylsulfinyl, alkylsulfonyl, alkylamino, or an arylalkyl; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.