Kowa Company Limited

Tsutomu Toma

Kazuhiro Onogi

Yukiyoshi Yamazaki

Masahiro Tamura

Yasushi Wada

Ayumu Okuda

Masahiro Nishikawa

Henk Timmerman

Mingqiang Zhang

Kazutoyo Abe

Hidefumi Ozawa

Soichi Oda

Takashi Yamaguchi

Seiichi Sato

Tadaaki Ohgiya

Yoshinori Kyotani

Takahiro Kitamura

Hiromichi Shigyo

Yasumi Uchida

Takaaki Araki

Tomio Ohta

Tetsuya Ishikawa

Keisuke Inoue

Kimiyuki Shibuya

Hajime Yamada

Toshiaki Oda

Yoshio Takahashi

Katsumi Kawamine

Noboru Shimizu

Yukihiro Okuno

Maria Elizabeth Zwaagstra

Yuji Kurihara

Mitsuo Kawada

Mikio Fujii

The present invention provides a compound selectively activating PPAR&#x3b1;, which is useful as a medicament. The present invention is specifically directed to a benzoic acid derivative represented by the following general formula (1): wherein A represents an oxygen atom, a nitrogen atom, or a sulfur atom; R represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, a cycloalkyl group, a cycloalkyl-alkyl group, an aryl group, an aryl-alkyl group an aryl-oxy-alkyl group, a pyridyl-alkyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl-alkyl group, or a carboxy-alkyl group; X represents an oxygen atom, an NH group, or an S(O)group (wherein n represents an integer of 0, 1, or 2); and m represents an integer from 2 to 8; or a salt thereof. The present invention also provides a medicament comprising the benzoic acid derivative or the salt thereof as an active ingredient.

PPAR-activating compound

A compound represented by the following formula (1): (wherein each of Rand R, which may be identical to or different from each other, represents a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, or an ethyl group; each of R, R, R, and R, which may be identical to or different from each other, represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a nitro group, a hydroxyl group, a Calkyl group, a trifluoromethyl group, a Calkoxy group, a Calkylcarbonyloxy group, a di-Calkylamino group, a Calkylsulfonyloxy group, a Calkylsulfonyl group, a Calkylsulfinyl group, or a Calkylthio group, or Rand R, or Rand Rmay be linked together to form an alkylenedioxy group; X represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, or N&#x2014;R(Rrepresents a hydrogen atom, a Calkyl group, a Calkylsulfonyl group, or a Calkyloxycarbonyl group); Y represents an oxygen atom, S(O)(l is a number of 0 to 2), a carbonyl group, a carbonylamino group, an aminocarbonyl group, a sulfonylamino group, or an aminosulfonyl group; Z represents CH or N; n is a number of 1 to 6; and m is a number of 2 to 6) or a salt thereof; and therapeutic drugs containing any of such a compound or salt.

PPAR-activating compound and pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound

A compound represented by the following general formula (1), a salt thereof, or an ester thereof: wherein m represents an integer of 0 to 4, n represents an integer of 5 to 9, and R represents hydrogen atom or a protective group of hydroxyl group, which has reducing actions of blood glucose, plasma insulin, and triglyceride, and is useful for preventive and/or therapeutic treatment of diabetes, complications of diabetes, hyperlipemia and others.

Carboxylic compound and medicine comprising the same

A compound represented by the following formula (1): Or a salt thereof; and therapeutic durgs containing the compound. The compound selectively activates PPAR&#x3b1;.

Benzoxazole compound and pharmaceutical composition containing the same

Chalcone derivatives and drugs containing the same

This invention relates to a phenylene derivative represented by the following formula (1) or a salt thereof and also to a medicine containing it as an effective ingredient. ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents H or halogen; A represents --CH.dbd.CH--, --CH.dbd.N--, --N(R.sup.2)--, --O-- or --S--; W represents --CH.dbd.CH-- or --CH.sub.2 O--; X represents --CH.sub.2 O--, --CH.sub.2 S--, --CH.sub.2 N(R.sup.3)--, --CH.dbd.N--, --COO-- or --CONH--; Y represents ##STR2## B.sup.1 represents --C(R.sup.7)(R.sup.8)(CH.sub.2).sub.l --, --S(O).sub.m (CH.sub.2).sub.n -- or --CH.dbd.C(R.sup.9)--; B.sup.2 represents --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 -- or --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --; Z.sup.1 and Z.sup.2 each represents O or S; etc. The phenylene derivative or salt thereof has antileukotrienic action and antihistaminic action and is useful as a medicine such as an asthma preventive or curative.

Phenylene derivatives

This invention relates to a phenylene derivative represented by the following formula (1) or a salt thereof and also to a medicine containing it as an effective ingredient. ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents H or halogen; A represents --CH.dbd.CH--, --CH.dbd.N--, --N(R.sup.2)--, --O-- or --S--; W represents --CH.dbd.CH-- or --CH.sub.2 O--; X represents --CH.sub.2 O--, --CH.sub.2 S--, --CH.sub.2 N(R.sup.3)--, --CH.dbd.N--, --COO-- or --CONH--; Y represents ##STR2## B.sup.1 represents --C(R.sup.7)(R.sup.8)(CH.sub.2).sub.l, --S(O).sub.m (CH.sub.2).sub.n -- or --CH.dbd.C(R.sup.9)--; B.sup.2 represents --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 -- or --CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 --; Z.sup.1 and Z.sup.2 each represents O or S; etc. The phenylene derivative or salt thereof has antileukotrienic action and antihistaminic action and is useful as a medicine such as an asthma preventive or curative.

Quinoline derivatives or salt thereof and remedy for cardiac diseases

An indole derivative represented by formula (1), ##STR1## wherein A is a group ##STR2## wherein R.sup.10 is hydrogen or lower alkyl, dotted lines may optionally be present, and R.sup.1 -R.sup.9 represents various substitutional groups. The compound (1) exhibits a positive inotropic action on cardiac muscle, an anti-arrhythmic action, and a vasodilation action without increasing the heart rate. A heart affection therapeutic agent comprising this compound as an effective component is extremely effective for treating heart failures and arrhythmia.

Indole derivatives, salts thereof, and congestive heart failure

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