Claims for Patent: 7,632,870

Summary for Patent: 7,632,870

Title:	Composition based on substituted 1,3-diphenylprop-2-en-1-one derivatives, preparation and uses thereof
Abstract:	The invention concerns compositions comprising substituted 1,3-diphenylprop-2-en-1-one derivatives designed for therapeutic use. The inventive compositions are useful in particular for preventing or treating cardiovascular diseases, syndrome X, Ia restenosis, diabetes, obesity, hypertension, inflammatory diseases, cancers or neoplasms (benign or malignant tumors), neurodegenerative, dermatological diseases and disorders related to oxidative stress, for preventing or treating the effects of ageing in general and for example skin ageing, in particular in the field of cosmetics (occurrence of wrinkles and the like).
Inventor(s):	Jamila Najib, Karine Caumont-Bertrand
Assignee:	Genfit SA
Application Number:	US10/520,078
Patent Claims:	1. A pharmaceutical composition, comprising one or more pharmaceutically acceptable excipients or vehicles and at least one substituted 1,3-diphenylprop-2-en-1-one derivative represented by formula (I) below: wherein X1 represents a halogen or a —R1 group or a group corresponding to the following formula: -G1-R1, X2 represents a hydrogen atom, X3 represents a —R3 group, X4 represents a group corresponding to the following formula: -G4-R4, X5 represents a —R5 group, X6 is an oxygen atom, R1, R3, R5, which are the same or different, represent an unsubstituted alkyl group having from one to seven carbon atoms, G1, G4, which are the same or different, represent an oxygen or sulfur atom, R4 represents an alkyl group having from one to seven carbon atoms containing one substituent, having the formula: —COOR6, with R6, representing a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having from one to seven carbon atoms, and the optical and geometrical isomers, racemates, tautomers, salts and mixtures thereof. 2. The composition according to claim 1, wherein both G1 and G4 represent an oxygen atom. 3. The composition according to claim 1, wherein X1 is a -G1-R1 group in which G1 is an oxygen atom and R1 is an unsubstituted alkyl group containing from two to seven carbon atoms. 4. The composition according to claim 1, wherein X1 represents a group corresponding to the formula -G1-R1, where G1 represents a sulphur atom and R1 is an unsubstituted alkyl group containing one or two carbon atoms. 5. The composition according to claim 1, wherein G4 is an oxygen atom, and X3 and X5 respectively represent R3 and R5, with R3 and R5 being alkyl groups having one or two carbon atoms. 6. The composition according to claim 1, wherein X1 represents a halogen. 7. The composition according to claim 1, wherein X4 represents —OC(CH3)2COOR6. 8. The composition according to claim 1, wherein X4 represents —OC(CH3)2COOH. 9. The composition according to claim 1, wherein the derivative is selected in the group consisting of: 1-[4-chlorophenyl]-3-[3,5-dimethyl-4-tertbutyloxycarbonyldimethylmethyloxyphenyl]prop-2-en-1-one, 1-[4-chlorophenyl]-3-[3,5-dimethyl-4-isopropyloxycarbonyldimethylmethyloxyphenyl]prop-2-en-1-one, 1-[4-chlorophenyl]-3-[3,5-dimethyl-4-carboxydimethylmethyloxyphenyl]prop-2-en-1-one, 1-[4-methylthiophenyl]-3-[3,5-dimethyl-4-tertbutyloxycarbonyldimethylmethyloxyphenyl]prop-2-en-1 -one, 1-[4-methylthiophenyl]-3-[3,5-dimethyl-4-isopropyloxycarbonyldimethylmethyloxyphenyl]prop-2-en-1-one, 1-[4-methylthiophenyl]-3-[3,5-dimethyl-4-carboxydimethylmethyloxyphenyl]prop-2-en-1-one, 1-[4-hexyloxyphenyl]-3-[3,5-dimethyl-4-tertbutyloxycarbonyldimethylmethyloxyphenyl]prop-2-en-1-one, 1-[4-hexyloxyphenyl]-3-[3,5-dimethyl-4-carboxydimethylmethyloxyphenyl]prop-2-en-1-one, 1-[4-bromophenyl]-3-[3,5-dimethyl-4-tertbutyloxycarbonyldimethylmethyloxyphenyl]prop-2-en-1-one, and 1-[4-bromophenyl]-3-[3,5-dimethyl-4-carboxydimethylmethyloxyphenyl]prop-2-en-1-one. 10. The composition according to claim 1, wherein the derivative is selected in the group consisting of: 1-[4-chlorophenyl]-3-[3,5-dimethyl-4-carboxydimethylmethyloxyphenyl]prop-2-en-1-one, 1-[4-methylthiophenyl]-3-[3,5-dimethyl-4-carboxydimethylmethyloxyphenyl]prop-2-en-1-one, 1-[4-hexyloxyphenyl]-3-[3,5-dimethyl-4-carboxydimethylmethyloxyphenyl]prop-2-en-1-one, and 1-[4-bromophenyl]-3-[3,5-dimethyl-4-carboxydimethylmethyloxyphenyl]prop-2-en-1-one. 11. A method for the treatment of diabetes, atherosclerosis or obesity comprising administering to a subject in need thereof, an effective amount of a composition according to claim 1.