Inventors:
David Jacobus - Princeton NJ
Assignee:
Jacobus Pharmaceutical Co., Inc. - Princeton NJ
International Classification:
A61K 3117
Abstract:
1-[4-(4'-sulfanilyl)phenyl]urea and its various substituted derivatives can be used to decrease the infectiousness of and reduce the mortality associated with organisms of the genus Leishmania which are responsible for a group of conditions known as Leishmaniasis. This heretofore unrecognized use extends to the known derivatives of ureidodiaminodiphenyl sulfones and includes the novel aryl-ring hydroxylated series of sulfanilylphenylureas of the formula: ##STR1## wherein m and n can be the same or different and may each =0 or 1, R. sup. 1, R. sup. 2, R. sup. 3, R. sup. 4, R. sup. 5, and R. sup. 6 are the same or different and are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, hydroxyl, halo, C. sub. 1 to C. sub. 6 straight or branch chain alkyl, halo alkyl, polyhalo alkyl, alkoxy, cyano, amino, alkanoylamino, alkoxycarbonylamino, carboxy, alkoxycarbonyl, carbamoyl, acyl, R. sup. 7, and R. sup. 8 are the same or different and are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, and C. sub. 1 to C. sub.