Oxindole (2-indolone) is an aromatic heterocyclic organic compound. It has a bicyclic structure, consisting of a six-membered benzene ring fused to a five-membered nitrogen-containing ring. Oxindole is a modified indoline with a substituted carbonyl at the second position of the 5-member indoline ring.
Nitric oxide releasing oxindole prodrugs are described which are useful in methods of treating or preventing pain, inflammation, fever, or gastrointestinal lesions in a patient in need of such treatment, or of modifying an inflammatory disease or condition by favorably affecting the outcome thereof in said patient, wherein there is administered to said patient a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of Formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. In preferred embodiments, X is a covalent bond; RA and RB are both hydrogen; n is the integer 4; Y is -O-; Z is -NO2; RC is a member selected from the group consisting essentially of 5-Cl and 5-F; RD is a member selected from the group consisting essentially of 6-Cl and 6-F; and RE is a member selected from the group consisting essentially of benzyl, 2-furyl, 2-thienyl, 5-chloro-2-thienyl and 5-trifluoromethyl-2-thienyl.
The present invention relates to a new use of oxindole derivatives of formula I, as a free base or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, in the manufacture of a medicament for the prevention and / or treatment of dementia related diseases, Alzheimer's Disease and conditions associated with glycogen synthase kinase-3. Formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, ring Z, m and n are as defined as in claim 1. The present invention further relates to a method of prevention and / or treatment of dementia related diseases, Alzheimer's Disease and conditions associated with glycogen synthase kinase-3, as well as a pharmaceutical composition for said use.