Aminobenzene compounds to prevent nerve cell degradation

Abstract

A compound useful for central antioxidant having inhibitory activity of degeneration and necrocytosis of cerebral cells of the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein A and B are independently (1) a group of the formula: ##STR2## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are independently hydrogen atom, an optionally substituted hydrocarbon residue or an optionally substituted heterocyclic group, or R.sub.1 together with R.sub.2 and the nitrogen atom to which they are bound may form a cyclic amino group, provided that both R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are not hydrogen atom at the same time, or (2) a group of the formula: ##STR3## wherein D is O or S, R.sub.3 is hydrogen atom, an optionally substituted hydrocarbon residue or an optionally substituted acyl group, m is 1, 2, or 3 and n is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4;