Inventors:
Kenneth R. Scott - Silver Spring MD
Mia L. Laws - Wilmington DE
Ralph R. Roberts - Cottage Grove MN
Jesse M. Nicholson - Upper Marlboro MD
Assignee:
Howard University - Washington DC
International Classification:
A61K 3154
Abstract:
Phenothiazines of the formula: ##STR1## where R. sub. 1 is H or --COOR, where R is selected from the group consisting of branched or unbranched alkyl groups containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and where X is selected from H, branched or unbranched alkyl groups containing from 1 to 4 carbons, and halogen, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Particularly preferred phenothiazines are those wherein X is hydrogen, chloro, bromo or methyl, R. sub. 1 is COOR, and R is methyl, ethyl or t-butyl.