Pharmaceutical compositions
AssigneeKeio University
InventorsKazuo Umezawa, Yuichi Ishikawa, Shigeru Nishiyama, Miyuki Tachibana, Ayumi Kaneda
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Abstract
The object of the present invention is to provide a pharmaceutical composition that inhibits expression of iNOS and COX-2 without inhibiting NF-κB. The pharmaceutical composition that inhibits expression of iNOS and COX-2 without inhibiting NF-κB contains DTCM glutarimide of the Formula (I) as an effective ingredient, thereby being able to inhibit nitric oxide (NO) production and prostaglandin production.
Claims1
A method for treating a disease mediated by iNOS or COX-2, comprising the step of administering to a patient suffering from the disease an effective amount of the compound of Formula (I):
- wherein n is an integer of 1 to 24, and
- wherein the disease is osteoarthritis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.