| abstract |
Use of a glycoalkaloid composition containing at least one Z Glycoalkaloid of formula I, wherein: either one or both of the dotted lines represents a double bond, and the other a single bond, or both represent single bonds; A: represents a radical selected from the radicals of general formulae (II) to (V); each of R1 is a radical separately selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, amino, oxo and OR4; each of R2 is a radical separately selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, amino and OR4; each of R3 is a radical separately selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, carbohydrate and a carbohydrate; "X" is a radical selected from the group comprising -CH2-, -O-and -NH2-; and wherein the compound includes at least one R4 group that is a carbohydrate or a derivative such as one selected from the group comprising glyceric aldehyde, glycerose, erythrose, threose, ribose, arabinose, xylose, lyxose, altrose, allose, gulose, mannose, glucose, idose, galactose, talose, rhamnose, dihydroxyactone, erythrulose, ribulose, xylulose, psicose, fructose, sorbose, tagatose, and other hexoses, heptoses, octoses, nanoses, decoses, deoxysugars with branched chains, (e.g. apiose, hamamelose, streptose, cordycepose, mycarose and cladinose), compounds wherein the aldehyde, ketone or hydroxyl groups have been substituted (e.g. N-acetyl, acetyl, methyl, replacement of CH2OH), sugar alcohols, sugar acids, benzimidazoles, the enol salts of the carbohydrates, saccharinic acids, sugar phosphates; as an IL-6 antagonist. |