Nissan Chemical Industries Limited

Shin-ichi Akiyama

Ryozo Sakoda

Kiyotomo Seto

Norimasa Shudo

An agent for enhancing the drug effects of an antitumor drug, which comprises a compound of the formula I: ##STR1## or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the compound.

Phosphorus pyridine compound

Compounds of the formula (I): ##STR1## in which the nitrogen-containing hetero ring portion is 1,4-dihydropyridine ring or a pyridine ring, R.sup.1 is only present when the nitrogen-containing hetero ring is a 1,4-dihydropyridine ring, and Z is a group of the formula (II): ##STR2## in which R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 may be the same or different and together may form one divalent group, are effective agents for enhancing the antitumor effect of antitumor drugs.

Drug effect-enhancing agent for antitumor drug

Compounds of the formula (I): ##STR1## in which the nitrogen-containing hetero ring portion is a 1,4-dihydropyridine ring or a pyridine ring, R.sup.1 is only present when the nitrogen-containing hetero ring is a 1,4-dihydropyridine ring, and Z is either a CO.sub.2 R.sup.8 group or a group of the formula (II): ##STR2## in which R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 may be the same or different and together may form one divalent group, are effective agents for enhancing the antitumor effect or antitumor drugs.

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Shin-ichi Akiyama