TYROSINE ISOMERS AS THERAPEUTIC AGENTS

摘要

The present invention relates to prevention or treatment of diseases related to abnormal cell proliferation, such as cancer, by administering meta- or orto-tyorosine to a subject in need thereof, for instance a human subject. More specifically, the present invention provides isomers of tyrosine for its use in the prevention or treatment of a disease and in the preparation of pharmaceutical compositions, methods of for treating or preventing diseases, such as cancer and cancer metastases, and pharmaceutical compositions containing meta- and/or orto-tyorosine.