231 results about "Phosphodiesterase inhibitor" patented technology

The invention relates to compounds of formula (I),in which R<1>, R<2 >and R<3 >are as defined in the description, their use as medicaments, the process for their preparation and their use for the treatment of pathologies in which therapy by a PDE4 inhibitor is relevant.

The present invention provides methods for treating a variety of urogenital disorders, such as, for example, vaginismus, dyspareunia, vulvodynia (including vulvar vestibulitis), interstitial cystitis, nonspecific urethriris (i.e., nonspecific pain and / or burning of the urinary tract) and sexual dysfunctions, such as, for example, female sexual arousal disorders and female sexual orgasmic disorders, using a variety of compounds, including, but not limited to, NO donors, calcium channel blockers, cholinergic modulators, α-adrenergic receptor antagonists, β-adrenergic receptor agonists, phosphodiesterase inhibitors, cAMP-dependent protein kinase activators (e.g., cAMP mimetics), superoxide scavengers, potassium channel activators, estrogen-like compounds, testosterone-like compounds, benzodiazepines, adrenergic nerve inhibitors, antidiarrheal agents, HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors, smooth muscle relaxants, adenosine receptor modulators, adenylyl cyclase activators, endothelin receptor antagonists, bisphosphonates and cGMP-dependent protein kinase activators (e.g., cGMP mimetics).

A 1-aryl-1,8-naphthylidin-4-one derivative having the formula (I):wherein R1 indicates a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group,R2, R3, and R4 independently indicate a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl group, or a halogen atom,X indicates a group NR5R6 or a group OR7, wherein R5 and R6 independently indicate a hydrogen a atom, a substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted heteroaryl group, and R7 indicates a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted cycloalkyl group or a salt or solvate thereof and a type IV phosphodiesterase inhibitor containing the same as an effective component.

Derivatives of 1-phenyl-2-pyridinyl alkyl alcohols are useful as inhibitors of the phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4) enzyme.

The invention provides inhibitors of the phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4) enzyme. More particularly, the invention relates to compounds that are new ester derivatives, methods of preparing such compounds, compositions containing them, and therapeutic uses thereof.