Appeal No. 2003-0905 Application No. 09/781,426 APPENDIX 36. A method for treating alopecia or promoting hair growth in an animal in need thereof, which comprises administering to said animal an effective amount of a heterocyclic nitrogen-containing compound which has an N-linked sulfone substituent attached to the heterocyclic ring and has a thioester substituent attached to the heterocyclic ring. 40. The method of claim 36, wherein the compound is of formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, ester, or solvate thereof, wherein: A and B, taken together with the nitrogen and carbon atoms to which they are respectively attached, form a 5-7 membered saturated or unsaturated heterocyclic ring comprising one or more O, S, SO, SO2, N, or NR2 heteroatom(s); X is either O or S; Y is a direct bond, C1-C6 straight or branched chain alkyl, or C2-C6 straight or branched chain alkenyl, wherein any carbon atom of said alkyl or alkenyl is optionally substituted in one or more position(s) with amino, halo, haloalkyl, thiocarbonyl, ester, thioester, -1-Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007