Tanabe Seiyaku Company, Limited

Kunio Saito

Kenji Tsujihara

Mamoru Matsumoto

Mitsuya Hongu

Kozo Oka

Akira Oku

Satoshi Furuuchi

A propiophenone derivative of the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein OX is a hydroxy group which may optionally be protected, Y is a lower alkyl group, and Z is a .beta.-D-glucopyranosyl group wherein one or more hydroxy groups may optionally be protected, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Said compounds have excellent hypoglycemic activity so that they are useful in the prophylaxis or treatment of diabetes.

Propiophenone derivatives and process for preparing the same

A propiophenone derivative the formula �I!: ##STR1## wherein R' is a lower alkanoyl group and R' is a hydrogen atom, or R' is a hydrogen atom and R' is a lower alkoxycarbonyl group, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. Said compounds have excellent hypoglycemic activity so that they are useful in the prophylaxis or treatment of diabetes.

Propiophenone derivative and processes for preparing the same

Disclosed is a hair-growing (restoration) agent which comprises a carnitine compound represented by the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 to R.sup.3 each represent an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; R.sup.4 represents an aliphatic acyl group having 3 to 31 carbon atoms which may be substituted; R.sup.5 represents an alkyl group having 3 to 31 carbon atoms which may be substituted, or an alkenyl group having 3 to 31 carbon atoms which may be substituted; and X.sup.- represents an anion of a pharmaceutically acceptable acid, as an active ingredient.

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