Otsuka Pharmaceutical Company, Limited

Kumi Higuchi

Satoshi Yamada

Takashi Nakagawa

Makoto Sakamoto

Koichi Yasumura

Keizo Kan

Takumi Sumida

Yutaka Kojima

Keisuke Miyajima

Hideki Takasu

Masaaki Motoyama

Takeshi Kodama

Hironori Matsuyama

Kenji Ohnishi

Shun Otsuji

An object of the present invention is to provide a medicinal drug much improved in anti tumor activity and excellent in safety. According to the present invention, there is provided a medicinal drug containing a compound represented by the following general formula (1) or a salt thereof as an active ingredient: [Formula 1] wherein Xrepresents a nitrogen atom or a group &#x2014;CH&#x2550;, Rrepresents a group &#x2014;Z&#x2014;R, in which Z represents a group &#x2014;CO&#x2014;, a group &#x2014;CH(OH)&#x2014; or the like, Rrepresents a 5- to 15-membered monocyclic, dicyclic or tricyclic saturated or unsaturated heterocyclic group having 1 to 4 nitrogen atoms, oxygen atoms or sulfur atoms, Rrepresents a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom, Y represents a group &#x2014;O&#x2014;, a group &#x2014;CO&#x2014;, a group &#x2014;CH(OH)&#x2014; or a lower alkylene group, and A represents [Formula 2] wherein Rrepresents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkoxy group or the like, p represents 1 or 2, Rrepresents an imidazolyl lower alkyl group or the like. 

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