Abstract: A mini-proinsulin, in which the amino acid Arg bridges the A and the B chain instead of the C chain, shows insulin activity and is suitable for the preparation of pharmaceuticals for the treatment of diabetes mellitus. It can furthermore be converted into an insulin derivative simply using trypsin, the B chain of which is lengthened by Arg. This can be converted into insulin using carboxypeptidase B. Advantageously, however, the mini-proinsulin can also be converted to insulin directly in a one-pot process.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula I A—B—D—E—F—G??(I) in which A, B, D, E, F and G have the meanings given in the patent claims, to their preparation and to their use as medicaments. The compounds of the invention are used as vitronectin receptor antagonists and as inhibitors of bone resorption.

Abstract: Use of inhibitors of cellular Na+/H+ exchanger (NHE) for the production of a medicament for the normalization of serum lipids

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formulae I and Ia in which X, Y, W, Wa, G and Ga have the meanings given in the patent claims, and their physiologically tolerable salts and their prodrugs, their preparation, their use, in particular as pharmaceutical active compounds, and pharmaceutical preparations comprising them. The compounds of the formula I are vitronectin receptor antagonists and can be employed, for example, as inhibitors of bone resorption and for the treatment of osteoporosis.

Abstract: Diacyl-substituted guanidines, a process for their preparation, their use as medicament or diagnostic aid, and medicament containing them.

Abstract: Monoacyl-substituted guanidines of formula III, or a salt or acid thereof, and their use as medicine or diagnostic aid: in which X(2) is

Abstract: The present invention relates to 5-membered ring heterocycles of the formula I, in which E, F, G, W, Y and Z have the meaning given in the patent claims, to their preparation and to their use as medicaments. The novel compounds are used as vitronectin receptor antagonists and as inhibitors of bone reabsorption.

Abstract: Substituted 4-amino- and 4-alkoxy-cycloalkylpyrimidines, processes for their preparation, and their use as pesticides and fungicides The invention relates to compounds of the formula in which R1, R2, R3 and Q are as defined in the description, X is NH or oxygen and E is a bond or a 1- to 4-membered carbon chain, to a process for their preparation, to agents containing them, and to their use in the control of pests and as fungicides.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula I,

Abstract: Isolated cytohesin-PH peptides that can inhibit the beta-2 integrins from adhering, wherein the cytohesin-PH peptide has an amino acid sequence that comprises about a 140 amino acid domain from cytohesin-2. Assay kits comprising the peptides also are provided.

Abstract: Disclosed and claimed is an assay for identifying potential inhibitors of p-hydrophenylpyruvate dioxygenases (HPPD) from plants, in which an enriched HPPD from plants is incubated with a test substrate to be examined and the enzymatic activity of the enzyme is determined in comparison with the activity of the uninhibited enzyme. Also disclosed and claimed is a method of using the inhibitors of HPPD of a plant identified by the assay, such as their use as herbicides. Further disclosed and claimed are novel herbicidal active substances, including those of the formula (I) which were found using the assay method according to the invention.

Abstract: The present invention relates to glycosyl-etoposide prodrugs, a process for the preparation thereof and the use thereof in combination with functionalized tumor-specific enzyme conjugates for treating cancers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula I

Abstract: Compounds of the formula I in which B, D, E, R, W, Y, Z, b, c, d, e, f, g and have the meanings indicated in the claims, are inhibitors of the adhesion and migration of leucocytes and/or antagonists of the adhesion receptor VLA-4 which belongs to the group of integrins. The invention relates to the use of compounds of the formula I, and of pharmaceutical preparations which contain such compounds, for the treatment and prophylaxis of diseases which are caused by an undesired extent of leucocyte adhesion and/or leucocyte migration or which are associated therewith or in which cell—cell or cell-matrix interactions play a part which are based on interactions of VLA-4 receptors with their ligands, for example of inflammatory processes, rheumatoid arthritis or allergic disorders, and it also relates to the use of compounds of the formula I for the production of pharmaceuticals for use in such diseases. It further relates to novel compounds of the formula I.

Abstract: Spiro compounds of the formula I in which &psgr; is C, Si, Ge or Sn and K1 and K2 independently of one another are conjugated systems, are suitable as materials in nonlinear optics.

Abstract: This invention relates to fluorophenyl-substituted alkenylcarboxylic acid guanidides, process for their preparation, their use as a medicament or diagnostic, and medicament containing them. An embodiment of the invention embraces compounds of the formula I: and the pharmaceutically tolerated salts thereof. The disclosed compounds are valuable inhibitors of the cellular sodium/proton exchanger (Na+ /H+ exchanger) . They are therefore outstandingly suitable for the treatment of all diseases attributable to increased Na+ /H+ exchange.

Abstract: Five-membered heterocycles having biphenylsulfonyl substitution, process for their preparation, their use as a medicament or diagnostic, and medicament comprising them. Compounds of the formula I in which the symbols have the meanings indicated in the claims, have outstanding antiarrhythmic properties and exhibit a cardioprotective component. They can preventively inhibit or greatly decrease the pathophysiological processes in the formation of ischemically induced damage, in particular in the elicitation of ischemically induced cardiac arrhythmias. Moreover, they have a potent inhibitory action on the proliferation of cells.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula I and their salts, as defined in claim 1, are suitable as safeners for protecting crop plants against the phytotoxic side-effects of herbicides.

Abstract: Mixtures of isomeric nonanols and decanols are obtained by joint aldol condensation of n-butanal and pentanals, and up to 1% by weight of 3-methylbutanal, hydrogenation of the aldol condensation product to the corresponding saturated alcohols, and separation from the reaction mixture of the components boiling at temperatures lower than those of the nonanols and decanols. The pentanals are mixtures of 60 to 90% by weight of n-pentanal and 10 to 40% by weight of 2-methylbutanal. The alcohol mixture is especially suitable for preparing ester plasticizers.

Abstract: Poly(p-arylene-vinylenes) comprising repeating units of the formula (I), where the symbols and indices have the following meanings: Y1, Y2, Y3: identical or different, CH, N; Aryl: an aryl group having from 4 to 14 carbon atoms; R′, R″: identical or different, each a straight-chain or branched or cyclic alkyl or alkoxy group having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms, where one or more non-adjacent CH2 groups may be replaced by —O—, —S—, —CO—, —COO—, —O—CO—, —NR1—, —(NR2R3)+—A−, or —CONR4— and one or more H atoms may be replaced by F, or else CN, F, Cl or an aryl group having from 4 to 14 carbon atoms which may be substituted by one or more nonaromatic radicals R′; R1, R2, R3, R4: identical or different, aliphatic or aromatic hydrocarbon radicals having from 1 to 20 carbon atoms or else H; A−: a singly charged anion or its equivalent; m: 0, 1 or 2; n: 1, 2, 3,