Patent ID: 6903076
Filing Date: 2005-06-07
Classification: A61K,A61P,C07C,Y02A

Abstract:
1. A method of inhibiting a parasitic helminth, which comprises: exposing the helminth to an antihelminthic amount of at least one anthraquinone of the formula: wherein R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , and R 4 are each selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydroxy, halogen, alkyl, acetyl alkene, alkene, alkyne, aryl, cyclic, acid group, carbohydrate, and combinations thereof, R is selected from the group consisting of methyl, alkyl, aldehyde, hydroxymethyl, acid group, and carbohydrate, each R containing 1 to 12 carbon atoms and the halogen is selected from the group consisting of I, F, Br, and Cl.