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Title:
USE OF SESQUITERPENES FOR INHIBITING OXIDATIVE ENZYMES
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO1996035415
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
PCT No. PCT/GB96/01118 Sec. 371 Date Apr. 10, 1998 Sec. 102(e) Date Apr. 10, 1998 PCT Filed May 9, 1996 PCT Pub. No. WO96/35415 PCT Pub. Date Nov. 14, 1996The invention relates to the use of a sesquiterpene for inhibiting an oxidative enzyme, preferably a cytochrome P450 enzyme. The invention also relates to compositions comprising a sesquiterpene and a drug which exhibits instability in the presence of an oxidative enzyme.

Inventors:
SIME JOHN THOMAS (GB)
CHEETHAM PETER SAMUEL JAMES (GB)
GRADLEY MICHELLE LORRAINE (GB)
BANISTER NIGEL ERIC (GB)
Application Number:
PCT/GB1996/001118
Publication Date:
February 06, 1997
Filing Date:
May 09, 1996
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
ZYLEPSIS LTD (GB)
SIME JOHN THOMAS (GB)
CHEETHAM PETER SAMUEL JAMES (GB)
GRADLEY MICHELLE LORRAINE (GB)
BANISTER NIGEL ERIC (GB)
International Classes:
A61K31/015; A61K31/045; A61K31/122; A61K31/335; A61K31/44; G01N33/15; A61K38/00; A61K38/13; A61K38/43; A61K45/00; C07J1/00; (IPC1-7): A61K31/045; A61K31/12; A61K31/44; A61K31/335; A61K31/13
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