SUBSTITUTED 4<i>H</i>-CHROMENE AND ANALOGS AS ACTIVATORS OF CASPASES AND INDUCERS OF APOPTOSIS AND THE USE THEREOF

摘要

The present invention is directed to substituted 4H-chromene and analogs thereof, represented by general Formula (I), wherein A, B, X, Y, Z and R5 are defined herein. The present invention also relates to the discovery that compounds having Formula (I) are activators of caspases and inducers of apoptosis. Therefore, the activators of caspases and inducers of apoptosis of this invention can be used to induce cell death in a variety of clinical conditions in which uncontrolled growth and spread of abnormal cells occurs.