Abstract:
A pharmaceutical composition comprising agomelatine is provided to be used for treating generalized anxiety disorder and provide good acceptability profile to patients without side effects such as withdrawal symptoms occurring when being treated by using a conventional psychotropic drug stops. A pharmaceutical composition for treating generalized anxiety disorder comprises agomelatine or N-[2-(7-methoxy-1-naphthyl)ethyl]acetamide, or a hydrate thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable acid or base addition salt thereof, and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable excipient thereof.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a new cyclic compound having pharmacological action on the receptor for a compound having melatonin-like activity. SOLUTION: This new cyclic compound is expressed by formula (I) [R is ORa , SRa , Ra or a cyclic group; A is a cyclic structure group; G1 and G2 are each an alkylene chain or a single bond; B is NR a C(Q)R a , NR a C(Q)NR a R a or C(Q)NR a R a ; and (p) and (q) are numbers satisfying the formula 1
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a compound which exerts a useful pharmacological characteristic toward melatoninergic receptors. SOLUTION: The compound represented by formula (I), not including indeno[1,2-b]indol-10(5H)-one, is provided [wherein, R is H or an arbitrarily substituted alkenyl or an alkyl group; R1 , R2 , R3 , R4 , R5 , R6 , R7 and R8 are each H, an alkyl, an alkenyl, a hydroxy, an alkoxy, an alkenyloxy, an arylalkyl, an arylalkoxy, a carboxy, an acyloxy or an arylcarbonyloxy group, or one of R1 to R8 groups forms an alkylenedioxy group with a group adjacent to the one of R1 to R8 ]. In the compound, when R is not H, at least one of R1 to R8 groups is a hydroxy or an acyloxy group.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a novel metalloprotease inhibitor that is useful for treating rheumatoid arthritis and the like, a method of producing the same and medicinal composition containing the same. SOLUTION: This invention relates to a novel compound represented by formula (I) [wherein R1 is H or the like; X is O or the like; A represents the compound represented by formula A (wherein Ra is H or the like) or the like], an isomer thereof, an N-oxide thereof and a pharmaceutically acceptable adduct salt.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a medicine having dipeptidyl peptidase IV-inhibiting characteristic and useful for treatment of glucose intolerance, hyperglycemia and related disorders. SOLUTION: This invention relates to a compound represented by formula (I) [wherein the ring A is a 5-membered nitrogen-containing heterocycle which may be substituted with cyano group; Ak is a straight-chain or branched (1-6C) alkylene chain; X is a single bond or the like; R1 and R2 are each hydrogen atom or the like; R3 is a straight-chain or branched chain (1-6C) alkyl or the like; Y represents CH-NO2 or the like], existing tautomer thereof, optical isomer thereof and addition salt of pharmaceutically acceptable acid thereof, a method for synthesizing the compound and, a pharmaceutical composition containing the compound.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a compound having a specific structure, selectively inhibiting FTase with respect to GGTase and useful for the treatment of diseases relating to the intracellular signal transduction through Ras protein, etc., and the investigation of pathology relating to angiogenetic amplification. SOLUTION: The objective compound is expressed by formula (I) [X is a bond, an alkylene, S(O)n or the like; Y is an aryl, a heteroaryl or the like; R1 to R4 are each independently H, an aryl or the like or together form a bond, a condensed benzene ring or the like; T is CH(R5 ) (R5 is H or the like) or the like; V is H, a substituted aryl or the like; A2 is [C(R6 ) (R'6 )] (R6 and R'6 are each H or the like; and (p) is 0-4); and R7 and R8 are each H or the like]. The invention further relates to its isomer, diastereomer, pharmacologically permissible acid or base and its addition salt.