Method for scavenging radicals with urocanic acid, derivatives and analogues
AssigneeAcademisch Ziekenhuis bij de Universiteit van Amsterdam
InventorsArthur Kammeijer, Joannes Dositheus Bos
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Abstract
The invention relates to antioxidants or radical scavengers and their reaction products. The invention provides compounds and compositions for use in methods for scavenging radicals or for modulating the immune response comprising urocanic acid or salts, derivatives, functional equivalents and analogues thereof.
Claims7
A pharmaceutical composition comprising urocanic acid or functional equivalent thereof, and imidazole-4-carboxaldehyde, imidazole-4-carboxylic acid or a combination thereof.
A pharmaceutical composition comprising at least two of imidazole-4-carboxaldehyde, imidazole-4-carboxylic acid, imidazole-4-acetic acid, 3-(4-imidazolon-2yl)-acrylic acid or 3-(4-imidazolon-5-yl)-acrylic acid.
A pharmaceutical composition comprising urocanic acid or a functional equivalent thereof, and at least one of imidazole-4-carboxaldehyde, imidazole-4-carboxylic acid, imidazole-4-acetic acid, 3-(4-imidazolon-2-yl)-acrylic acid or 3-(4-imidazolon-5-yl)-acrylic acid.
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