Kanebo, Limited

Hajime Kagaya

Goro Tsukamoto

Masahiro Taguchi

Koichiro Yoshino

Takashi Nose

Toshihiko Kohno

Katsumi Dezawa

Keizo Ito

Keiso Ito

2-Substituted benzimidazole compounds of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is hydrogen, halogen, lower alkyl or lower alkoxy, and R.sub.2 is hydrogen or lower alkyl with the proviso that R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 do not stand for hydrogen simultaneously and, when R.sub.1 is hydrogen, R.sub.2 cannot mean a methyl group at 6th position on the pyridin-2-yl group or methyl an isobutyl group on the phenyl group; are useful as anti-inflammatory agents and/or analgesics.

2-Substituted benzimidazole compounds

2-Substituted benzimidazole compounds of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is hydrogen, halogen, lower alkyl or lower alkoxy, and R.sub.2 is hydrogen or lower alkyl with the proviso that R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 do not stand for hydrogen simultaneously and, when R.sub.1 is hydrogen, R.sub.2 cannot mean a methyl group at the 6th position on the pyridin-2-yl group or methyl an isobutyl group on the phenyl group; are useful as anti-inflammatory agents and/or analgesics.

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