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Vitamin D compounds and method of preparing these compounds

  • US 5,449,668 A
  • Filed: 06/04/1993
  • Issued: 09/12/1995
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/04/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for the treatment and prophylaxis of disease states selected from the group consisting of autoimmune diseases, ache, alopecia, skin aging, imbalance in the immune system, inflammatory diseases and diseases related to abnormal cell differentiation or proliferation, in a warm-blooded living being, comprising administering to said being or treating said being with a composition comprising at least one member selected from the group consisting of a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier and pharmaceutically acceptable auxiliary substances and mixtures thereof, and, as an active ingredient a compound of formula (1) ##STR25## wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom or a hydroxy group;

  • R2 is a (C1 -C3)alkyl group, a hydroxy(C1 -C3)alkyl group, a (C1 -C2)alkoxymethyl group or a (C2 -C3)alkenyl or alkynyl group;

    R3 is a branched or non-branched, saturated or unsaturated aliphatic 3- to 5-membered hydrocarbon or oxahydrocarbon biradical, having at least 3 atoms in the main chain and being optionally substituted with one or more substituents selected from epoxy, fluoro and hydroxylR4 is a sec. or tert. (C3 -C6)alkyl group or a (C3 -C6)cycloalkyl group; and

    A and B are each individually hydrogen atoms or ethyl groups, orA and B form together a methylene group in a quantity effective for the intended purpose.

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