| abstract |
Deoxynojirimycin derivatives containing a large hydrophobic moiety, such as cholesterol or adamantame-methanol, linked through a spacer, such as pentamethylene, to the nitrogen atom of deoxynojirimycin, and salts thereof, inhibit glucosylceramidase and may be useful in the treatment of diseases involving a ceramide-mediated signaling process, such as Gaucher disease. |