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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 06, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 30, 1998
Noriaki Shioiri, Narita, JP;
Tadashi Mikami, Sawara, JP;
Shinichi Morimoto, Sakura, JP;
Kazuo Yamazaki, Sawara, JP;
Hiroyuki Naito, Narita, JP;
Junji Okawa, Chiba, JP;
Noriyuki Kawamoto, Narita, JP;
Hiroshi Hasegawa, Sakura, JP;
Koichi Tachibana, Narita, JP;
Susumu Sato, Narita, JP;
Toshio Yokoyama, Tokyo, JP;
SSP Co. Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed herein are an imidazole derivative represented by the following general formula (1): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is a hydrogen atom, or an alkyl, alkoxy or alkoxycarbonyl group, and R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are the same or different from one another and are independently a hydrogen or halogen atom, an alkyl, halogenoalkyl, hydroxyl or alkoxy group, or the like, or a salt thereof, and a medicine comprising such a compound. The compound specifically suppresses the production of particular cytokine and is hence useful as an active ingredient for immune function modulators and the like.