Shionogi Company Limited

Kensuke Sakurai

Toshiro Konoike

Yoshitaka Araki

Takehiko Tozyo

Tetsuyoshi Hayashi

Miharu Nakamura

Masafumi Fujimoto

Shinichi Mihara

Triterpene derivatives of the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is hydrogen or metabolic ester residue; and R.sup.2 is hydrogen or --R.sup.3 -R.sup.4 wherein R.sup.3 is --SO.sub.3 --, --CH.sub.2 COO--, --COCOO--, or --COR.sup.5 COO-- (R.sup.5 is lower alkylene or lower alkenylene), and R.sup.4 is hydrogen or metabolic ester residue or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which have anti-endothelin activities and are useful in prophylaxis and treatment of diseases caused by excessive secretion of endothelin.

Triterpene derivatives and endothelin-receptor antagonists containing

Triterpene derivatives of the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is hydrogen or metabolic ester residue; and R.sup.2 is hydrogen or --R.sup.3 --R.sup.4 wherein R.sup.3 is --SO.sub.3 --, --CH.sub.2 COO--, --COCOO--, or --COR.sup.5 COO-- (R.sup.5 is lower alkylene or lower alkenylene), and R.sup.4 is hydrogen or metabolic ester residue or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, which have anti-endothelin activities and are useful in prophylaxis and treatment of diseases caused by excessive secretion of endothelin.

Triterpene derivatives

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