摘要 |
This invention relates to new compounds, known compounds and new uses for those compounds. The compounds of this invention are comprised of tetronic acid type compounds, panosialin type compounds and virustomycin type compounds that are inhibitors of HIV protease. The invention further comprises the extraction, isolation, and purification of the compounds plus a method of treating a human cell system, including a patient possibly infected with a human retrovirus (HRV), to prevent or retard the further replication of the HRV in that human cell system or patient. |