| 摘要 |
In accordance with the present invention, there are provided novel class of heterocyclic compounds and methods of use thereof. Compounds of the invention contain a substituted, unsaturated five, six or seven membered heterocyclic ring that includes at least one nitrogen atom and at least one carbon atom. At a ring position adjacent to a ring nitrogen atom, the heterocyclic ring has at least one substituent which includes a moiety, linked to the heterocyclic ring via an alkylene moiety, an alkynylene moiety or an azo group. Invention compounds are capable of a wide variety of uses including modulating physiological processes by functioning as agonists and antagonists of receptors in the nervous system, as insecticides, and as fungicides. The invention further provides methods of modulating the activity of excitatory amino acid receptors using a specifically defined class of heterocyclic compounds including the novel compounds referred to above. In one embodiment, there are provided methods of modulating metabotropic glutamate receptors. The present invention also discloses methods of treating disease using heterocyclic compounds. The invention further discloses methods of preventing disease conditions related to diseases of the pulmonary system, diseases of the nervous system, diseases of the cardiovascular system, diseases of the gastrointestinal system, diseases of the endocrine system, diseases of the exocrine system, diseases of the skin, cancer and diseases of the ophthalmic system. The invention also discloses pharmaceutically acceptable salt forms of the above-described heterocyclic compounds. |
