Eisai Company, Limited

Yoshio Tanabe

Shinya Abe

Isao Yamatsu

Yuichi Inai

Toshiji Igarashi

Hideaki Watanabe

Hiroyuki Shiojiri

Yutaka Morita

Tomohide Tanaka

Shigemitsu Osawa

Kumiko Hara

Itaru Sakai

Kuniko Hara

Kana Satoh

Takashi Hibi

Yasushi Tomita

Masanori Kayano

Toji Konishi

A whitening embellisher includes, as an active ingredient, teprenone (chemical name: geranylgeranyl-acetone). A whitening and beautifying composition includes teprenone and one or more substances selected from kojic acid, L-ascorbic acid and the like. The whitening embellisher, and whitening and beautifying composition prevent the skin from pigmenting and darkening due to sunburn and/or aging, and quicken fading, and hence make spots and freckles inconspicuous when the preparations are used for external application as a cream or milky lotion.

Whitening embellisher

A whitening embellisher includes, as an active ingredient, teprenone (chemical name: geranylgeranylacetone). A whitening and beautifying composition includes teprenone and one or more substances selected from kojic acid, L-ascorbic acid and the like. The whitening embellisher, and whitening and beautifying composition prevent the skin from pigmenting and darkening due to sunburn and/or aging, and quicken fading, and hence make spots and freckles inconspicuous when the preparations are used for external application as a cream or milky lotion.

This invention relates to polyprenylcarboxylic acid amides represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein n is an integer of from 1 to 4, a and b stand for hydrogen atoms or a direct valence bond between the carbon atoms to which a and b are attached, c and d stand for hydrogen atoms or a direct valence bond between the carbon atoms to which c and d are attached, and R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 stand for a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a phenyl group which may be substituted or an aralkyl group which may be substituted, or R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 form, together with the adjacent nitrogen atom, a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic ring which may contain other hetero atoms or may be substituted, and also to a process for the preparation of said polyprenylcarboxylic acid amide and to a pharmaceutical composition for treating liver dysfunction comprising said polyprenylcarboxylic acid amide.

Polyprenylcarboxylic acid morpholides and pharmaceutical compositions

An .alpha.,.beta.-dihydropolyprenyl derivative having the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein X represents a group of --COOR.sub.1 or --CH.sub.2 OR.sub.2 in which R.sub.1 is the hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having one to four carbon atoms and R.sub.2 is the hydrogen atom or an aliphatic acyl group having one to four carbon atoms; and n is an integer of one to four. A process for the preparation of the .alpha.,.beta.-dihydropolyprenyl derivative and a therapeutic agent for treatment of liver diseases comprising the same are also disclosed.

.alpha.,.beta.-Dihydropolyprenyl derivatives for treating hepatitis

An .alpha.,.beta.-dihydropolyprenyl derivative having the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein X represents a group of --COOR.sub.1 or --CH.sub.2 OR.sub.2 in which R.sub.1 is the hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group and R.sub.2 is the hydrogen atom or an aliphatic acyl group having one to four carbon atoms; and n is an integer of one to four. A process for the preparation of the .alpha.,.beta.-dihydropolyprenyl derivative and a therapeutic agent for treatment of liver diseases comprising the same are also disclosed.

.alpha.,.beta.-Dihydropolyprenyl derivatives useful in treating hepatitis

Polyprenyl carboxylic acid amides of the formula ##STR1## process for their preparation and use thereof for treating liver dysfunction are disclosed.

Polyprenylcarboxylic acid amides useful for treating liver dysfunction

Warm-blooded animals having hyperammoniemia are treating by administration of a pharmaceutical composition comprising nicotinohydroxamic acid.

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Yoshio Tanabe