US Patent:
20110206607, Aug 25, 2011
Inventors:
Roger Olsson - Bunkeflostrand, SE
Ethan Burstein - San Diego CA, US
Anne Eeg Knapp - Frederiksberg, DK
Jorgen Eskildsen - Copenhagen, DK
Joel Castillo - Malmo, SE
James Nairne - St. Albans, GB
Veronique Morisson-Iveson - Amersham, GB
Edward Robins - London, GB
Alex Gibson - Oxford, GB
International Classification:
A61K 49/00
C07D 471/04
A61K 31/437
C07F 7/18
A61K 31/695
C07D 487/04
A61K 31/519
A61K 31/4985
A61P 43/00
A61P 25/00
A61P 29/00
C12N 5/00
G01N 33/53
US Classification:
424 181, 546121, 514300, 546 14, 514 63, 544281, 5142591, 544350, 514249, 544333, 514256, 435375, 435 72
Abstract:
Disclosed herein are compounds of Formula (I), or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, ester, amide, thereof; and methods of modulating the activity of a cannabinoid CB2 receptor comprising contacting a compound of Formula I with the cannabinoid CB2 receptor. Also disclosed are methods of imaging of a tissue by positron emission tomography, the method comprising administering to the subject a compound of Formula I, wherein the compound comprises a radioisotope. Also disclosed are methods of measuring the relative concentration of cannabinoid CB2 receptors in tissue of a subject, by using a compound of Formula I which comprises a radioisotope. In addition, method of diagnosing a disorder in a subject are disclosed.