Patent ID: 8058442

Claim:
A compound comprising a moiety having an iron chelator function, said iron chelating moiety being selected from the group consisting of an 8-hydroxyquinoline moiety, and, in addition, one or both of the following moieties: (i) a moiety that imparts a neuroprotective function to the compound, said neuroprotective moiety being selected from the group consisting of an L- or D-cysteine or an L- or D-alanine residue, a neuroprotective peptide, a neuroprotective peptide fragment, and an analog of said neuroprotective peptide or neuroprotective peptide fragment; and (ii) a moiety that imparts combined antiapoptotic and neuroprotective function to the compound, said antiapoptotic and neuroprotective moiety being a propargyl group.