Patent ID: 7429574

Claim:
A method for treating a disease or condition associated with increased levels of adenosine in a subject, which comprises administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of an N-6 substituted 7-deazapurine so as to thereby treat the disease or condition associated with increased levels of adenosine in the subject, wherein said N-6 substituted 7-deazapurine has the formula I: wherein, R 1 and R 2 together form a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic ring; R 3 is a substituted or unsubstituted aryl moiety; R 4 is a hydrogen atom, an unsubstituted alkyl, or a substituted or unsubstituted aryl moiety; and R 5 and R 6 are each independently a halogen atom, a hydrogen atom or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, aryl, or alkylaryl moiety, wherein the disease or condition associated with increased levels of adenosine in the subject is mast cell degranulation, asthma, antidiuresis, allergic rhinitis, bronchitis, bronchoconstriction, or glaucoma.