Therapeutic agent for amyotrophic disorders
AssigneeTohoku University
InventorsTakaaki Abe, Masakuni Horiguchi, Yuji Matsumoto, Maiko Nagayasu, Keiichi Murakami
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AssigneeTohoku University
InventorsTakaaki Abe, Masakuni Horiguchi, Yuji Matsumoto, Maiko Nagayasu, Keiichi Murakami
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It is an object of the present invention to provide a novel therapeutic agent and method for treating amyotrophic diseases, and more specifically a therapeutic agent and method for treating neurogenic amyotrophic disorders such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and myogenic amyotrophic disorders such as sarcopenia or disuse muscle atrophy. Provided is a therapeutic agent for amyotrophic diseases that comprises one or more compounds selected from the group consisting of compounds represented by the formula (I), the formula (II) and the formula (III), and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds when R3 represents OH.
A method for treating amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, comprising administering, to a patient in need of treatment for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, a compound selected from the following formulas
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