Yoshitomi Pharmaceutical Industries, Ltd.

Takeshi Kawakita

Mitsuharu Sano

Keiichiro Haga

Takemi Fukuda

Tetsuya Tahara

Yoshifumi Ikeda

Michihide Setoguchi

Mitsuyoshi Yasumoto

Takanobu Kuroita

Yuko Yutoku

Tomio Muro

Yasuaki Chihara

Toshio Kawahara

Koretake Anami

Chiaki Tashiro

Ichiro Horii

Kiyoshi Asano

Ryuhei Iezawa

Katsuhiko Ito

Kei-ichiro Haga

Kunio Ohsuga

Takahiro Murozono

Shuji Sonda

Hidetoshi Hakira

Benzoic acid compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, optical isomers thereof and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; pharmaceutical composition comprising this compound and pharmaceutically acceptable additive; and serotonin 4 receptor agonists, gastrointestinal prokinetic agents and therapeutic agents for various gastrointestinal diseases, which comprise this compound as active ingredient. The compounds of the present invention have high and selective affinity for serotonin 4 receptor, and show agonistic effects thereon. Accordingly, they are useful medications for the prophylaxis and treatment of various gastrointestinal diseases, central nervous disorders, cardiac function disorders, urinary diseases, and the like, as well as useful anti-nociceptors for analgesic use which increase threshold of pain.

Benzoic acid compounds and use thereof as medicaments

A pyridine compound of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is a hydrogen, a halogen, an alkyl, an alkoxy or the like, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are each a hydrogen, a halogen or an alkyl, --P.dbd.Q-- is --CH.dbd.CH--, --N.dbd.CH-- or --CH.dbd.N--, A is an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or N(R.sup.4) wherein R.sup.4 is hydrogen, alkyl or the like, n is 0, 1 or 2, B is S(O)p wherein p is 0, 1 or 2, D is a single bond, an alkylene or the like and E is an alkoxyalkyl or --N(R.sup.6)(R.sup.7), and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof have antibacterial activity against Helicobacter pylori, antiulcer activity, gastrointestinal cytoprotective activity, ulcer recurrence, relapse-preventive activity and gastric acid secretion-suppressive activity and are useful as pharmaceutical preparations.

Pharmaceutical use of pyridine compounds

A pyridine compound of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is a hydrogen, a halogen, an alkyl, an alkoxy or the like, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are each a hydrogen, a halogen or an alkyl, --P.dbd.Q-- is --CH.dbd.CH--, --N.dbd.CH-- or --CH.dbd.N--, A is an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or N(R.sup.4) wherein R.sup.4 is hydrogen, alkyl or the like, n is 0, 1 or 2, B is S(O)p wherein p is 0, 1 or 2, D is a single bond, an alkylene or the like and E is an alkoxyalkyl or --N(R.sup.6)(R.sup.7), and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof have antibacterial activity against Helicobater pylori, antiulcer activity, gastrointestinal cytoprotective activity, ulcer recurrence, relapse-preventive activity and gastric acid secretion-suppressive activity and are useful as pharmaceutical preparations.

Pyridine compound and pharmaceutical compostions

A benzazine compound, a geometrical isomer of said benzazine compound, an optical isomer of said benzazine compound, and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of said benzazine compound, said benzazine compound being represented by formula (I): ##STR1## wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification. Said benzazine compounds exhibit 5-HT.sub.3 receptor antagonistic activity, and 5-HT.sub.1A receptor and/or 5-HT.sub.2 receptor and/or dopamine D.sub.2 receptor blocking activity so that they are useful as drugs for the prophylaxis or treatment of various digestive diseases vomiting and disturbances in central nervous systems and the like. The intermediates for said benzazine compounds are also disclosed.

Benzazine compounds and pharmaceutical uses thereof

Benzoxazine compounds of the formula: ##STR1## wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification. The compounds exhibit 5-HT.sub.3 receptor antagonistic activity so that they are useful as antiemetics and so on.

Benzoxazine compounds and pharmaceutical use thereof

Thienylthiazole compounds of the formula: ##STR1## and pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts thereof, wherein: R is amino, guanidino, alkylamino, alkenylamino, unsubstituted or optionally substituted phenylamino or acylamino;

Thienylthiazole compounds

A hydrouracil compound of the formula: ##STR1## or a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt thereof, wherein A represents --CH.dbd.CH--CH.sub.2 -- or --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --, and R represents hydrogen or methyl. Such compounds are useful as analgesics.

Hydrouracil compounds

There are disclosed tetrahydrofuran compounds and analogs thereof of the formula: ##STR1## and pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts thereof, wherein X is oxygen or sulfur, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each hydrogen, halogen, lower alkyl or lower alkoxy, and Am is a group of the formula: ##STR2## wherein Z is oxygen or sulfur, R.sup.3 is hydrogen or halogen, R.sup.4 is hydrogen, lower alkyl or phenyl which may be substituted by 1 to 3 substituents at any position(s) on the phenyl nucleus, each substituent being independently selected from halogen, lower alkyl and lower alkoxy, and R.sup.5 is hydrogen or lower alkyl. Such compounds are useful as neuroleptics.

Tetrahydrofuran compounds and analogs thereof

Isoxazole derivatives

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Takeshi Kawakita