Toyama Chemical Co., Ltd.

Ichiro Oshio

Shuntaro Takano

Chosaku Yoshida

Takihiro Inaba

Yukihiko Aikawa

Keiichi Tanaka

Yoichi Taniguchi

Shinji Makino

Tomoya Shimotori

Autoimmune diseases, cell adhesion inhibition and immunomodulation are treated or effected by a method, comprising, treating a patient with a therapeutically effective amount of a 4H-1-benzopyran-4-one compound represented by the following formula or a salt thereof: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is an unsubstituted or halogen-substituted alkyl, alkenyl or aryl group; R.sup.2 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl or acyl group; R.sup.3 is a hydrogen or halogen atom or a cyano, azido, carboxyl, hydroxyl, formyl or alkoxycarbonyl group or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkoxy, phenoxy, cycloalkyl, carbamoyl, amino or phenyl group; R.sup.4 is a hydrogen or halogen atom, a nitro, cyano, carboxyl, acyl, hydroxyl or alkoxycarbonyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, phenylthio, alkynyl, alkenyl, sulfamoyl, alkanesulfonyl, alkanesulfonyl, amidino, phenyl or heterocyclic group or a group of the formula ##STR2## where R.sup.6 is a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl, cyano or alkoxycarbonyl group or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, phenyl, amino, acyl, carbamoyl, alkanesulfonyl, iminomethyl or amidino group and R.sup.7 is a hydrogen atom or a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, alkoxy, phenyl, cycloalkyl or heterocyclic group, or R.sup.6 and R.sup.7, when taken together with the nitrogen atom to which the two are bonded, form a 3- to 7-membered, substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group; R.sup.5 is a substituted or unsubstituted phenyl, thienyl, furyl or pyridyl group; Z is an oxygen or sulfur atom or an imino group; and the broken line means a single or double bond.

Immunomodulator, cell adhesion inhibitor, and agent for treating, and

Immunomodulator, cell adhesion inhibtor, and agent for treating, and

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Ichiro Oshio