Sumitomo Pharmaceuticals Company Limited

Nobuyuki Hara

Atsuyuki Kojima

Shigeaki Morooka

Masao Enomoto

Hiroaki Masumori

Youichi Hara

Naruhito Masai

A 2-pyridyl-thiazolidin-4-one derivative represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are each a hydrogen atom, an C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 alkyl group, an C.sub.2 -C.sub.20 alkenyl group, an C.sub.2 -C.sub.20 alkynyl group, an aryl group, a C.sub.3 -C.sub.8 cycloalkyl group or an aralkyl group which may have a substituent, R.sub.3 is a hydrogen atom, an C.sub.1 -C.sub.20 alkyl group, an C.sub.2 -C.sub.20 alkenyl group, an C.sub.2 -C.sub.20 alkynyl group, a C.sub.3 -C.sub.8 cycloalkyl group or an aralkyl group which may have a substituent, P is a pyridyl group or its N-substituted pyridinium salt which may have a substituent, said substituent being selected from the group consisting of halogen atom, cyano group, hydroxy group, amino group, lower alkyl group, lower alkoxy group, lower alkylamino group, halogenated lower alkyl group, acyl group, acyloxy group, acylthio group, acylamino group, carboxyl group, lower alkoxycarbonyl group, carbamoyl group, lower alkyl substituted carbamoyl group, heterocyclic group, and lower cycloalkyl group, and n represents an integer of 0, 1 or 2, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and an anti-ulcer agent which contains, as an effective ingredient, said 2-pyridyl-thiazolidine-4-one derivative or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

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