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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 1998
Filed:
Dec. 18, 1996
Masashi Ogawa, Inagi, JP;
Tadashi Morita, Hamura, JP;
Norihiro Iibuchi, Hamura, JP;
Hideyuki Tsutsui, Hamura, JP;
Senga Pharmaceutical Laboratory Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A thiazolidinedione derivative represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## �wherein the dotted line represents a single bond or a double bond, the thiazolidinedione ring residue is linked to either of 2-, 3-, 4-, 5- and 6-positions on the indole ring and R represents a group selected from the group consisting of hydrogen atom and alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, phenyl, aralkyl, heterocycloalkyl, arylsulfonyl and arylaminocarbonyl groups! or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof exhibits excellent effects of reducing the blood sugar level and of reducing the lipid concentration in blood and is accordingly useful as a therapeutic agent for treating diabates mellitus. These derivatives and pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof are almost free of any side effect.