The present invention provides novel compounds of formula I ##STR00001## and their use in the inhibition of c-Jun N-terminal kinases. The present invention further provides the use of these compounds in medicine, in particular in the prevention and/or treatment of neurodegenerative disorders related to apoptosis and/or inflammation.

The present invention relates to a gentle process for catalytic hydrogenation and to a process for the preparation of biotin using the hydrogenation step. The process according to the invention for the selective, catalytic hydrogenation of a C--C double bond on a thiazole ring system having at least one functional group which can be converted into a salt under basic conditions is characterised in that the hydrogenation is carried out in a protic solvent is a pH>7.

The invention relates to a quinone derivative of the following formula: ##STR1## which is capable of converting into two alkylating agents upon bioreduction. Substituents A, B, C, and D are as described herein.

The invention provides compounds according to formula I ##STR00001## wherein the substitutents are as described herein. Further provided are methods of using such compounds for the treatment of nuclear hormone receptor-associated conditions, such as age related diseases, for example sarcopenia. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and processes for preparing some of the compounds of the invention.

The present invention provides novel glycoluril derivatives for use as core molecules in combinatorial chemistry. Core molecules of the present invention can contain from one to six building blocks. Preferred building blocks are substituted amine radicals. Combinatorial libraries containing such core molecules are also provided.

The invention provides compounds of the formula I ##STR1## wherein the substitutents are as described herein. Further provided are methods of using such compounds for the treatment of nuclear hormone receptor-associated conditions, such as age related diseases, for example sarcopenia, and also provided are pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds.

Derivatives of [6,7-dihydro-5H-imidazo[1,2-a]imidazole-3-sulfonylamino]-propionamide which exhibit good inhibitory effect upon the interaction of CAMs and Leukointegrins and are thus useful in the treatment of inflammatory disease.

The invention relates to novel 2-benzimidazolyl-, 2-benzoxazolyl- and 2-benzothiazolyl hydrazones that are derived from 2-formylpyridine, 2-acylpyridines, acetyldiazines and acetyl(iso)quinolines. The invention also relates to a novel method for producing 2-benzimidazolyl-, 2-benzoxazolyl- and 2-benzothiazolyl hydrazones and to their use as useful anti-cancer therapeutic agents. The novel compounds are also active against multidrug-resistant cancer cells.

The present invention provides a compound having a steroid C.sub.17,20-lyase-inhibitory activity and useful for the therapy and prophylaxis of tumor such as prostatism, breast cancer and the like, and a method for efficiently separating an optically active compound of this compound from a mixture of optical isomers thereof, a compound of the formula: ##STR00001## wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, a salt thereof or a prodrug thereof, and a method for obtaining an optically a...

Methods and compositions are described for immobilizing anti-ligands, such as antibodies or antigens, hormones or hormone receptors, oligonucleotides, and polysaccharides on surfaces of solid substrates for various uses. The methods provide surfaces covered with caged binding members which comprise protecting groups capable of being removed upon application of a suitable energy source. Spatially addressed irradiation of predefined regions on the surface permits immobilization of anti-ligands at ...