Patent ID: 8207214

Claim:
A method for treating an inflammatory process selected from the group consisting of oedema, erythema, articular inflammation, rheumatoid arthritis, arthrosis, a colorectal tumor, a pulmonary carcinoma, endometrial adenocarcinoma, lung adenocarcinoma, mammary adenocarcinoma, prostatic adenocarcinoma, and combinations thereof, in a person in need thereof, the method comprising administering to the person in need thereof, in an amount sufficient to treat the inflammatory process, a 3-aminocarbazole of formula (I), or a salt thereof, selected from the compounds of Table 1below: (I) Com- pound No. R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 X Y 1 CH 3 Cl H H H H H H 2 CH(CH 3 ) 2 Cl H H H H H H 3 PhCH 2 Cl H H H H H H 4 CH 3 CH 2 CF3 H H H H H H 5 CH 3 CH 2 CH3 H H H CH 3 H H 6 CH 3 CH 2 F H H H CF 3 H H 7 CH 3 CH 2 CF 3 H F H H H H 8 CH 3 CH 2 Br H H H OCH 3 H H 9 CH 3 CH 2 Cl H H Cl OCH 3 H H 10 PhCH 2 NH 2 H H H H H H 11 CH 3 CH 2 N(CH 3 ) 2 H H H H H H 12 CH 3 (CH 2 ) 4 Cl H H H H H H 13 CH 3 OCH 2 CH 2 Cl H H H H H H 14 HOOC(CH 2 ) 3 Cl H H H H H H 15 CH 3 CH 2 Cl H H H H CH 3 CH 3 16 CH 3 CH 2 Cl H H H H CH 3 H 17 CH 3 CH 2 Cl H H H H H CH 3 18 CH 3 CH 2 Cl H H H H CH 3 OCH 3 .