Cordylutenes with extraordinary effect in blue light absorption
AssigneeJoincaring Co., Ltd.
InventorsPo-Wei YU, Ya-Lin CHANG, Schung-Ching CHIU
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Abstract
The present invention pertains to new compounds, possessing unique structural features, effective in blue light absorption. The compounds, named as Cordylutenes, show significant biological activity in the prevention and/or treatment of blue light-induced ocular damage. Also provided includes a method and a pharmaceutical, cosmetical or edible composition for preventing or treating an ocular disease, such as dry eye disease, cataracts, glaucoma, or macular degeneration, comprising the Cordylutenes or a pharmaceutically, cosmetically, or edibly acceptable salt thereof.
Claims17
A compound, named as Cordylutene, which has the structure of general Formula (I) below, or a pharmaceutically, cosmetically, or edibly acceptable salt thereof:
- wherein
- X and Y are the same or different, independently selected from the group consisting of aldehyde, ketone, carboxylic acid, ester, amide, acyl halide, acid anhydride, imide, and thioester;
- and
- n is an integer from 5 to 9.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.