Aminocarnitine directed pharmaceutical agents
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1. A compound comprising aminocarnitine covalently bonded through an alcohol, carboxyl or amine group to a pharmaceutically active compound.
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Carnitine, aminocarnitine and cysteic acid serve as carriers to bring pharmaceutically active compounds to desired sites in the body, e.g. skeletal muscle or the heart. The pharmaceutically active compound can be a protease inhibitor, a cardioactive drug for combating arrythmia, etc. The linkage is chemical through one or more alcohol, carboxyl or amine groups using reagents such as glutaraldehyde, dicarboxylic acid anhydrides and acid halides and carbodiimides. Carnitine derivatives are also incorporated into liposomes which are then used as carriers of active pharmaceutical agents.
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- 1. A compound comprising aminocarnitine covalently bonded through an alcohol, carboxyl or amine group to a pharmaceutically active compound.
- 11. In the treatment of a muscle disorder in a patient wherein a pharmaceutically active compound is administered to such patient, the improvement which comprises administering said compound covalently bonded through an alcohol, carboxyl or amine group to aminocarnitine.
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