Wakamoto Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.

Kiyoshi Akiba

Masayoshi Goto

Shohei Sawaki

Yoshihiro Horio

Yasuhiro Ootake

Sinji Inukai

Mitsuzi Agata

Takeo Ohmura

A tetrazoleacetic acid derivative represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## [in Formula (I), R.sub.1 represents a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group; R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are the same or different from each other and are selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, lower alkyl, halogen, lower haloalkyl, hydroxy and lower alkoxy; and tetrazol group is substituted at 1- or 2-position of naphthyl group] except for [5-(1-naphthyl)tetrazol-1-yl]acetic acid and ethyl ester thereof, or a salt thereof.

Tetrazoleacetic acid derivatives having aldose reductase inhibitory

The present invention relates to an aldose reductase inhibitor having the following formula: ##STR1## R.sub.1 is a hydrogen atom or --A--COOR.sub.5 (A is an alkylene group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms and R.sub.5 is a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group), and R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are the same as or different from each other and selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, a hydroxy group, a halogen atom, a carboxyl group, an alkyl group, an amide group, an amino group, an alkoxy group, an aryl group, an aryloxy group, an alkylthio group, an alkylsulfinyl group, an alkylsulfonyl group, a nitro group, --NHCOCOOR.sub.6 (R.sub.6 is a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group), a mono- or dialkylaminosulfonyl group, and a residual group having the following formula: ##STR2## (A and R.sub.5 are the same as in the above). The compounds defined in the above are excellent in aldose reductase inhibitory activity and low in toxicity. Therefore, those compounds are useful as a preventive agent and/or a remedy for diabetic complications such as neuropathy, retinopathy, nephropathy, cataracts and keratopathy.

Tetrazole derivatives and aldose reductase inhibition therewith

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Kiyoshi Akiba