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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 07, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Katsuhisa Kojiri, Tsukuba, JP;
Hisao Kondo, Tsukuba, JP;
Hiroharu Arakawa, Tsukuba, JP;
Mitsuru Ohkubo, Tsukuba, JP;
Hiroyuki Suda, Tsukuba, JP;
Assignee:
Banyu Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07H / ; C07H / ; C07H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
536 271 ; 536 177 ; 536 187 ; 536 291 ;
Abstract
This invention relates to compounds of the general formula ##STR1## or pharmaceutically salts thereof, wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each represent an OH group, R.sup.1 is located at the 1- or 2-position, R.sup.2 is located at the 10- or 11-position, R.sup.2 is located at the 11-position when R.sup.1 is located at the 1-position, and R.sup.2 is located at the 10-position when R.sup.1 is located at the 2-position. The compounds of the present invention have an excellent antitumor effect and are hence useful as antitumor agents in the field of medicine.