Nihon Medi-physics Company, Limited

Toyo Hakka Kogyo Co., Ltd.

Nippon Paint Compnay, Ltd.

Koichi Koshimizu

Nobuo Ueda

Masaaki Hazue

Hirohiko Yamauchi

Isao Sakata

Susumu Nakajima

Hiroyuki Takata

Natsuki Samejima

Kazumi Inohara

Yoshikazu Yamamoto

Masako Higuchi

Yasutaka Miura

Hajime Ohigashi

Yasuhiro Knoshita

Disclosed is a superoxide eliminating agent comprising a component extracted from natural lichens or lichen cultures, and a process for producing the same. Cosmetics containing the superoxide eliminating agent are also disclosed.

Superoxide eliminating agent

A porphyrin compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are each --CH.dbd.CH.sub.2, --CH.sub.2 CHJ.sub.3, --CH(O-lower alkanoyl)CH.sub.3, --CH(OR)CH.sub.3 or --CH(O-lower alkylene-OR)CH.sub.3 ; R.sub.3 is --H, --COOH, --COO-lower alkyl, --COO-lower alkylene-OR or --COO-lower alkylene-OOC-Z; R.sub.4 is --H, -lower alkyl or -lower alkylene-OR; R is --H, -lower alkyl or a residue of a polyfunctional carboxyl compound excluding a hydrogen atom therefrom; Z is a residue of the compound of the formula (I) excluding R.sub.3 therefrom; A is --CH.sub.2 -- or --CO--; and the dotted line from the gamma-position indicates no bonding or a single direct bond; and the dotted line between the 7- and 8-positions indicates the presence of a single bond or a double bond; and its complexes with a metal(s) in the porphine skeleton and/or at the residue of the polyfunctional carboxyl compound, at least one of R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 being a group containing R which represents the residue of the polyfunctional carboxyl compound and R.sub.1 being capable of representing 1-iodoethyl in addition to said meanings when R.sub.3 is --COO-lower alkylene-OOC-Z, which shows a high accumulation in the locus of cancer with quick excretion from normal tissues.

Porphyrin derivatives, and their production and use

A porphyrin compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are each --CH.dbd.CH.sub.2, --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.3, --CH(O-lower alkanoyl)CH.sub.3, --CH(OR)CH.sub.3 or --CH(O-lower alkylene-OR)CH.sub.3 ; R.sub.3 is --H, --COOH, --COO-lower alkyl, --COO-lower alkylene-OR or --COO-lower alkylene-OOC-Z; R.sub.4 is --H, -lower alkyl or -lower alkylene-OR; R is --H, -lower alkyl or a residue of a polyfunctional carboxyl compound excluding a hydrogen atom therefrom; Z is a residue of the compound of the formula (I) excluding R.sub.3 therefrom; A is --CH.sub.2 -- or --CO--; and the dotted line from the gamma-position indicates no bonding or a single direct bond; and the dotted line between the 7- and 8-positions indicates the presence of a single bond or a double bond; and its complexes with a metal(s) in the porphine skeleton and/or at the residue of the polyfuntional carboxyl compound, at least one of R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 being a group containing R which represents the residue of the polyfunctional carboxyl compound and R.sub.1 being capable of representing 1-iodoethyl in addition to said meanings when R.sub.3 is --COO-lower alkylene-OOC-Z, which shows a high accumulation in the locus of cancer with quick excretion from normal tissues.

Porphyrin derivatives

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Koichi Koshimizu