Iron chelator and inhibitor of iron-mediated oxidant injury

摘要

Exochelins can be used to prevent damage to living tissue from the formation or presence of the (.OH) radical. In particular, the invention is directed to the administration of exochelins to infarcted myocardium prior to or coincidental with reperfusion to prevent damage to myocardium from iron mediated free radical formation. Also presented is the chemical structure of exochelins and modified exochelins as well as other applications of these materials in the treatment and diagnosis of disease in mammals.