The present disclosure provides phenothiazine derivative compounds and salts thereof, compositions comprising these compounds, and methods of using these compounds in a variety of applications, such as treatment or suppression of diseases associated with decreased mitochondrial function resulting in diminished ATP production and/or oxidative stress and/or lipid peroxidation.

Disclosed herein are phenazine-3-one and phenothiazine-3-one derivative compounds and methods of using such compounds for treating or suppressing oxidative stress disorders, including mitochondrial disorders, impaired energy processing disorders, neurodegenerative diseases and diseases of aging.

Disclosed herein are phenazine-3-one and phenothiazine-3-one derivative compounds and methods of using such compounds for treating or suppressing oxidative stress disorders, including mitochondrial disorders, impaired energy processing disorders, neurodegenerative diseases and diseases of aging.

The present invention relates to a method for prevention of premature polymerization during the preparation, purification, transportation and storage of a polymerizable compound with at least one conjugated unsaturated group in the presence of an azine dye-based compound as inhibitor. Further the present invention relates to methods of preparing such inhibitors as well as to the inhibitors itself, as well as to methods of improving solubility and stability of dissolved inhibitors.

The present invention relates to a method for prevention of premature polymerization during the preparation, purification, transportation and storage of a polymerizable compound with at least one conjugated unsaturated group in the presence of an azine dye-based compound as inhibitor. Further the present invention relates to methods of preparing such inhibitors as well as to the inhibitors itself, as well as to methods of improving solubility and stability of dissolved inhibitors.

Methods of synthesizing and purifying certain 3,7-diamino-phenothiazin-5-ium compounds (referred to herein as diaminophenothiazinium compounds) including Methythioninium Chloride (MTC) (also known as Methylene Blue) are provided.

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Methods of synthesizing and purifying certain 3,7-diamino-phenothiazin-5-ium compounds (referred to herein as diaminophenothiazinium compounds) including Methythioninium Chloride (MTC) (also known as Methylene Blue) are provided.

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The present invention relates to piperazine phenothiazine derivatives useful as therapeutic agents for treating spasticity, particularly following an ischemia or traumatic injury, or compression syndrome. The invention further relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of the invention for treating spasticity.

The present invention relates to piperazine phenothiazine derivatives useful as therapeutic agents for treating spasticity, particularly following an ischemia or traumatic injury, or compression syndrome. The invention further relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of the invention for treating spasticity.

This disclosure pertains generally to the field of chemical synthesis and purification, and more specifically to methods of synthesizing and purifying certain 3,7 diamino-phenothiazin-5-ium compounds (referred to herein as diaminophenothiazinium compounds) including Methythioninium Chloride (MTC) (also known as Methylene Blue). In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of, in order: nitrosylation (NOS); nitrosyl reduction (NR); thiosulfonic acid formation (TSAF); oxidative coupling (OC); Cr(VI) reduction (CR); isolation and purification of zwitterionic intermediate (IAPOZI); ring closure (RC); chloride salt-formation (CSF); one of: sulphide treatment (ST); dimethyldithiocarbamate treatment (DT); carbonate treatment (CT); ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid treatment (EDTAT); organic extraction (OE); and recrystallization (RX). Also disclosed resulting (high purity) compounds, compositions comprising them (e.g., tablets, capsules), and their use in methods of inactivating pathogens, and methods of medical treatment and diagnosis, etc., for example, for tauopathies, Alzheimer's disease (AD), skin cancer, melanoma, viral diseases, bacterial diseases, or protozoal diseases.