摘要 |
A 5- or 6-nicotinyl-linker-carrier protein compound and immunogen having formula (a) wherein X is -NH-CO- or NH- or -CC- or -C=C- or -CH2-; Y is -(CH2)k- or -(CH2)m-C6H10-(CH2)n- or (CH2)m-C6H4-(CH2)n- when Z is -NH-, with the proviso that X is not -NH-CO- when Y is (CH2)5 and Z is -NH-, and X is -NH-CO- or -CC- or -C=C- or -CH2-, Y is -(CH2)m-C6H10-(CH2)n- or -(CH2)m-C6H4-(CH2)n-, when Z is -CO-, and X is -CC- or -C=C-, Z is -CO-, when Y is -(CH2)k-, is disclosed. The compound may be used as a medicament, suitably in the form of a pharmaceutical composition. Additionally, a method of prophylactic and/or therapeutic immunological treatment of nicotine dependence from tobacco products to achieve harm reduction is described.
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