Tanabe Seiyaku Company, Limited

Nobuyuki Funami

Kenji Tsujihara

Kenji Arakawa

Masanori Inamasu

Mitsuya Hongu

A propiophenone derivative of the formula �I!: ##STR1## wherein X is O, S or methylene, OY is a protected or unprotected OH, Z is .beta.-D-glucopyranosyl or 4-O-(.alpha.-D-glucopyranosyl)-.beta.-D-glucopyranosyl or wherein one or more hydroxy groups of these groups may optionally be acylated, and the dotted line means the presence or absence of a double bond, 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 a process for preparing the same

A method for prophylaxis or treatment of diabetes, which comprises administering to a patient with diabetes an effective amount of a dihydrochalcone derivative of the formula �I!: ##STR1## wherein Ar is an aryl group, R.sup.1 is hydrogen atom or an acyl group, R.sup.2 is a hydrogen atom, an acyl group or .alpha.-D-glucopyranosyl group, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 may combine together to form a substituted methylene group, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are each a hydrogen atom or an acyl group, OR.sup.5 is a protected or unprotected hydroxy group or a lower alkoxy group, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Dihydrochalcone derivatives which are hypoglycemic agents

A method for treatment of diabetes, which comprises administering to a patient with diabetes an effective amount of a dihydrochalcone derivative of the formula: ##STR1## wherein Ar is an aryl group, R.sup.1 is a hydrogen atom or an acyl group, R.sup.2 is a hydrogen atom, an acyl group or .alpha.-D-glucopyranosyl group, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 may combine together to form a substituted methylene group, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are each a hydrogen atom or an acyl group, OR.sup.5 is a protected or unprotected hydroxy group or a lower alkoxy group; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

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Nobuyuki Funami