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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 1995
Filed:
Aug. 23, 1993
Hitoshi Tone, Tokushima, JP;
Seiji Sato, Tokushima, JP;
Katsumi Tamura, Tokushima, JP;
Hideaki Sato, Naruto, JP;
Toshiki Miyazaki, Naruto, JP;
Yoshimasa Nakano, Tokushima, JP;
Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Novel pyrazine derivatives represented by the formula (1) and salts thereof which possess inhibitory effect against superoxide radicals (O.sub.2.sup.-) released from the macrophage cells of guinea pig by stimulation, and also possess anti-albuminuria activity in Masugi nephritis. ##STR1## The pyrazine derivatives (1) and salts thereof are useful agents for preventing and treating of various diseases caused by the superoxide radicals, for example, diseases of autoimmune such as rheumatoid arthritis, arteriosclerosis, ischemic heart disease, transient cerebral ischematic attack, hepatic insufficiency, renal insufficiency and the like, as well as they are useful agents for preventing and treating the nephritis in various clinical fields.