Eisai Company, Limited

Kouichi Abe

Shinya Abe

Isao Yamatsu

Takeshi Suzuki

Kouji Yamada

Yuichi Inai

Yoshikazu Suzuki

Osamu Tagaya

Kouichi Suzuki

Skin diseases with keratinization and allergic or inflammatory skin diseases are treated by orally or parenterally administering to an adult human patient from 40 mg to 4 g/day of a polyprenyl compound having the formula (I): ##STR1## in which each of n and m is 0, 1, or 2, n+m is 0, 1 or 2, A is ##STR2## and B is ##STR3## [in which R represents the hydroxyl group, a lower alkoxy group, or ##STR4## (wherein each of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 is the hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group or an aryl group)]; provided that R is a lower alkoxy or ##STR5## if n is 1, m is 0, a is ##STR6## and B is ##STR7##

Method of treating skin diseases

An anti-cancer agent which comprises a polyprenvl compound having the formula (I): ##STR1## in which each of n and m is 0, 1 or 2, n+m is 0, 1 or 2, A is ##STR2## and B is ##STR3## in which R represents the hydroxyl group, a lower alkoxy group, or ##STR4## (wherein each of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 is the hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group or an aryl group)]; provided that R is a lower alkoxy or ##STR5## if n is 1, m is 0, A is ##STR6## and B is ##STR7##

Method of treating cancerous and precancerous conditions

A conjugated polyprenylcarboxylic acid and its derivative having the formula: ##STR1## in which each of n and m is 0, 1 or 2, n+m is 1 or 2, A is ##STR2## and R is the hydroxyl group, a lower alkoxy group or ##STR3## wherein each of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 represents the hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, or an aryl group; provided that R is ##STR4## if A is ##STR5## n is 1 and m is 0.

Conjugated polyprenylcarboxylic acids and their derivatives

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