N-deacetylthiocolchicine derivatives, their use and pharmaceutical formulations containing them

Abstract

Disclosed is a series of N-deacetylthiocolchicine derivatives of formula (I) in which:—the linker is a bivalent straight or branched C1-C8 alkyl residue, C3-C8 cycloalkyl, a phenylene or heterocyclic C4-C6 ring;—the G1 and G2 junctions, which can be the same or different, are —CO—, —COHN—, —CR2— groups in which R2 is hydrogen or a straight C1-C4 alkyl residue, or the G1-linker-G2 group is the —CO— group. The compounds of formula (I) have antiproliferative, antinflammatory, antiarthritic and antiviral activity.

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