Patent ID: 7585846
Filing Date: 2009-09-08
Classification: A61K,C07K

Abstract:
1. A compound having the structural formula (I) or (II) wherein for both formula (I) and formula (II) R is glutamyl, cysteinyl, N-acetyl-cysteinyl, glycyl, an acyl moiety derived from a 2,2-dialkylthiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid wherein alkyl is methyl or ethyl, L-γ-glutamylcysteinyl, L-γ-glutamylglycyl, L-cysteinylglycyl, L-γ-glutamyl-L-cysteinylglycyl, β-alanyl-L-histidyl, L-carnitinyl or acetyl-L-carnitinyl; Z is (i) -Z Q wherein for formula (II), the aliphatic or non-aromatic N-heterocycle group bonded to variable Z by a carbon-carbon bond possesses a quaternary nitrogen.