“…Among the novel derivatives, compound 5a was patented (P3). At the present time, it is in the stage of complex preclinical evaluation under the name of cemtirestat [ 76 , 78 , 87 , 88 , 89 , 94 , 95 , 96 , 97 , 98 , 99 , 100 ]. Apparently, there are several advantages of cemtirestat over the clinically used epalrestat, namely lower molecular weight, better water solubility, higher AR inhibition activity recorded both at the level of isolated enzyme ( Table 2 and Table 4 ) and at the organ level of isolated rat eye lenses ( Table 13 ) and additional AO action ( Table 10 and Table 11 , Figure 15 and Figure 16 ).…”