Thiomorpholino steriod compounds, the use thereof for the preparation of meiosis regulating medicaments and method for the preparation thereof

• Main Authors: BLUME, THORSTEN, PETERS-KOTTIG, MICHAELE, PRELLE, KATJA, LINDENTHAL, BERNHARD
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 30.05.2007
• Subjects: CHEMISTRY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ORMEDICINAL PREPARATIONS; STEROIDS

The present invention relates to thiomorpholino steroid compounds of general formula I, which may advantageously be employed to stimulate meiosis in human oocytes, the steroid being specifically characterized by a thiomorpholino moiety bonded to C of the steroid skeleton via an alkylen spacer.