Kirin Beer Kabushiki Kaisha

Koji Kabaya

Yasuhiko Koezuka

Kazuhiro Motoki

The present invention relates to a method for the treatment of thrombocytopenia wherein an effective amount of a compound represented by the formula (A) is administered to a patient: wherein R.sub.2 represents H or OH, X is an integer of 0-26 or R represents --(CH.sub.2).sub.7 CH.dbd.CH(CH.sub.2).sub.7 CH.sub.3, and R.sub.1 is a substituent defined by the following (a) to (d):

Pharmaceutical compositions and therapeutic methods

The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition (a marrow cell proliferation accelerator, a radioprotective agent, a therapeutic agent for thrombocytopenia) comprising a compound represented by the following formula (A), and to a therapeutic or prophylactic method (a method for accelerating marrow cell proliferation, a method for protecting human against radiation damage, a method for the treatment of thrombocytopenia) characterized in that an effective amount of a compound represented by the following formula (A) is administered to human: ##STR1## wherein R represents ##STR2## (wherein R.sub.2 represents H or OH, X is an integer of 0-26) or --(CH.sub.2).sub.7 CH.dbd.CH(CH.sub.2).sub.7 CH.sub.3, and R.sub.1 is one of the substituents defined by the following (a) to (d):

Method for accelerating marrow cell proliferation

The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition (a marrow cell proliferation accelerator, a radioprotective agent, a therapeutic agent for thrombocytopenia) comprising a compound represented by the following formula (A), and to a therapeutic or prophylactic method (a method for accelerating marrow cell proliferation, a method for protecting human against radiation damage, a method for the treatment of thrombocytopenia) characterized in that an effective amount of a compound represented by the following formula (A) is administered to human: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.2 represents ##STR2## 26) or --(CH.sub.2).sub.7 CH=CH(CH.sub.2).sub.7 CH.sub.3, and R.sub.1, is one of the substituents defined by the following (a) to (d): (a) --CH.sub.2 (CH.sub.2).sub.y CH.sub.3, (b) --CH(OH)(CH.sub.2).sub.y (CH.sub.3).sub.2, and (c) --CH(OH)(CH.sub.2).sub.y CH(CH.sub.3).sub.2, and (d) --CH=CH(CH.sub.2).sub.y CH.sub.3 (wherein Y is an integer of 5-17).

Growing community of inventors

Takasaki, Japan

Koji Kabaya