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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 1994
Filed:
Apr. 22, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hikokichi Oura, Toyama, JP;
Itsuo Nishioka, Fukuoka, JP;
Takako Yokozawa, Toyama, JP;
Tadao Takeuchi, Yamato, JP;
Assignee:
Minophagen Pharmaceutical Company, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514469 ;
Abstract
An antihypertensive method comprising administering to a hypertensive patient a pharmaceutical agent containing lithospermic acid B represented by the formula: ##STR1## and/or the pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, for example, Mg.sup.2+, K.sup.+, NH.sub.4.sup.+ and Ca.sup.2+ salts thereof, as an effective ingredient.