Fluorine-substituted biphenyl butyric acid compounds and derivatives are described as well as acid methods for the preparation and pharmaceutical compositions of same, which are useful as inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinases, particularly gelatinase A, stromelysin-1, and collagenase-3, and for the treatment of atherosclerotic plaque rupture, aortic aneurism, heart failure, restenosis, periodontal disease, corneal ulceration, treatment of bums, decubital ulcers, wound healing, cancer, inflammation, pain, arthritis, osteoporosis, multiple sclerosis, renal disease, and other autoimmune or inflammatory disorders dependent upon tissue invasion by leukocytes or other activated migrating cells, acute and chronic neurodegenerative disorders including stroke, head trauma, spinal cord injury, Alzheimer's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, cerebral amyloid angiopathy, AIDS, Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, prion diseases, myasthenia gravis, and Duchenne's muscular dystrophy.

Warner-Lambert

Flourine-substituted biphenyl butyric acids and their derivatives as inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinases

Compounds of Formula I ##STR1## wherein the bond is a single bond or a double bond,X is hydrogen, flourine, chlorine, or bromine,R.sub.1 is formyl, alkanoyl or alkoxyalkyl each of which contains 2-8 carbon atoms, or benzoyl, andY is chlorine, hydroxy, formyl, alkanoyloxy of 2-8 carbon atoms, or benzoyloxy,have valuable anti-inflammatory properties.

Schering Aktiengesellschaft

Novel 6, 16-dimethylcorticoids, their preparation and use

Novel 6.alpha.,9.alpha.,21-trihalogeno-11.beta.-hydroxy-16.alpha. or 16.beta.-methyl-17.alpha.-propionyloxy-pregn-4-ene-3,20-dione compounds of the formula ##STR1## in which X represents chlorine or flourine, R represents the group --CH.sub.2 CH--, --CH.dbd.CH-- or --CH.dbd.CCl--, the chlorine atom being in the positon 2 of the steroid numbering, and in which the 16-methyl radical is .alpha.- or .beta.-oriented, are useful pharmaceuticals, especially anti-inflammatory agents for topical administration.

flourine/inflamación

Flourine-substituted biphenyl butyric acids and their derivatives as inhibitors of matrix metalloproteinases

Novel 6, 16-dimethylcorticoids, their preparation and use

Polyhalogeno-steroids

La base de datos de hierbas medicinales más completa respaldada por la ciencia