Gruppo Lepetit S.p.a.

Giangiacomo Nathansohn

Giorgio Winters

Emilio Occelli

Luigi Fontanella

Water-soluble esters of steroid-oxazole derivatives of formula I ##STR1## wherein R is O or a H, (.beta.-OH) group, R.sub.1 is hydrogen, lower alkyl or phenyl, X is hydrogen, fluorine or chlorine, A stands for a direct carbon-carbon bond or a hydrocarbon chain containing from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and M is hydrogen or a pharmaceutically acceptable cation are described as well as pharmaceutical compositions containing them particularly suitable for parenteral administration.

Water soluble esters of steroid-oxazole and pharmaceutical compositions

New reserpine-like compounds of the general formula ##SPC1## Wherein R is a member of the class consisting of hydrogen, lower alkyl, lower alkenyl and acyl; R.sub.1 is selected from hydrogen and lower alkyl, and R.sub.2 is hydrogen or lower alkyl. The new reserpine-like compounds are useful anti-hypertensive agents.

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Milan, Italy

Giangiacomo Nathansohn