Agent and method for treating disorders associated with cytidine deaminase or deoxycytidine deaminase overexpression
Author
Nyce, Jonathan W.
Abstract
An agent of the chemical formula C.sub.7 N.sub.3 H.sub.8 O.sub.2 R.sup.1 R.sup.2 XX.sup.1, wherein X and X.sup.1 are each independently C or N but not simultaneously, R.sup.1 is lower alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl, halogen or haloalkyl, and R.sup.2 is H, --N.sub.3 --OH, amino or halogen; or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. A method of treating a disorder associated with the overexpression of cytidine deaminase or deoxycytidine deaminase comprises administering to a subject in need of the treatment a compound of the chemical formula ##STR1## wherein X and X.sub.1 are each independently C or N; R.sup.1 is lower alkyl, lower alkenyl, lower alkynyl, halogen, or haloalkyl; and R.sup.2 H, --N.sub.3, --OH, amino, or halogen; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in an amount effective to treat the disorder. Pharmaceutical formulations useful in the method of the present invention are also disclosed.
Date
2000-10-24
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