Piperazine derivatives

Abstract

A compound represented by formula (I): ##STR1## wherein Q represents an aryl group, a heterocyclic group, a diarylmethyl group, an aralkyl group composed of an aryl group and an alkylene group, an alkyl group or a cycloalkyl group, in which the aryl group, heterocyclic group, and the aryl moiety of the diarylmethyl group and aralkyl group may be substituted with one or more substituents; R represents a bicyclic, substituted, nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group or a substituted phenyl group, in which the nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group is composed of a 5-membered, substituted, aromatic or saturated ring containing one or two nitrogen atoms and a 6-membered ring; and Z represents an alkylene group, an alkenylene group, an alkylene group, a carbonyl group, an alkylene group containing a carbonyl group or an oxalyl group, or a salt thereof. The compound has calmodulin inhibitory activity and is useful as a treating agent for diseases in the circulatory organs or in the cerebral region which are caused by excessive activation of calmodulin.