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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 1989
Filed:
Aug. 13, 1986
Susumu Okabe, Kyoto, JP;
Masaru Satoh, Koshigaya, JP;
Tomio Yamakawa, Kashiwa, JP;
Yutaka Nomura, Noda, JP;
Masatoshi Hayashi, Ichigaya-dai, JP;
Nippon Chemiphar Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method of protecting gastrointestinal tract in a mammal from the untoward, non-gastric-acid-induced effects of exposure to gastrointestinally injuruous agents, which comprises administering orally to said mammal a non-antisecretory amount of a benzimidazole derivative having the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is the hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group, phenyl group or aralkyl group, R.sup.2 is the hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 together with the adjacent nitrogen atom forms a ring, and each of R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 independently is the hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, the trifluoromethyl group, a lower alkyl group, a lower alkoxy group, a lower alkoxycarbonyl group or an amino group.