Inventors:
Krishnaswami Raja - Staten Island NY, US
Probal Banerjee - Staten Island NY, US
Andrew Auerbach - Livingston NJ, US
Wei Shi - Staten Island NY, US
William L'Amoreaux - Freehold NJ, US
Assignee:
Research Foundation of the City University of New York - New York NY
International Classification:
C07C 229/12
C07C 69/602
C07C 69/52
C07C 49/248
US Classification:
530300, 560194, 560170, 568325, 530409, 530353, 530356, 530367, 5303911
Abstract:
The invention relates to novel curcumin and tetrahydrocurcumin derivatives, which have been modified at one phenolic group to incorporate more-reactive groups. The curcumin and tetrahydrocurcumin derivatives are in the form of monomers, dimmers, and polymers.