Abstract: A compound represented by the formula: [wherein ring A represents a homocycle optionally having substituents or a nitrogen-containing heterocycle optionally having substituents; D and E are O or S; one of R1 and R2 represents a group represented by the formula: (wherein Ar1 and Ar2 represent an aromatic group optionally having substituents; Ar1 and Ar2 may form a condensed cyclic group optionally having substituents together with an adjacent carbon atom; ring B represents a nitrogen-containing heterocycle optionally having substituents; X and Y are a bond, O, S(O)p (p is an integer of 0 to 2), NR4 (R4 is H or a lower alkyl group) or a bivalent straight-chained lower hydrocarbon group, which may contain 1 to 3 hetero atoms, optionally having substituents; and R3 represents H, a hydroxy group optionally having substituents or an optionally esterified carboxyl group); and the other is a hydrogen atom, a cyano group or a hydrocarbon group optionally having substituents&rsq

Abstract: A quaternized nitrogen-containing imidazol-1-yl or 1,2,4-triazol-1-yl compound wherein one of the nitrogen atoms constituting an azole ring is quaternized with a substituent capable of being eliminated in vivo and the substituent can be eliminated in vivo to be converted into an antifungal azole compound, has an improved solubility in water, can advantageously be applied to injection, has an improved internal absorption and can be expected to have a good effect for the treatment or prevention of disease.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a compound or a salt thereof represented by the formula: wherein R1 is an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group or an optionally substituted heterocyclic group, the ring A is an optionally substituted divalent nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group, X′ is an optionally substituted alkylene chain, Y is an optionally substituted divalent cyclic group, X is a chemical bond or an optionally substituted alkylene chain, and Z is (1) an optionally substituted amino group, (2) an optionally substituted imidoyl group or (3) an optionally substituted nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group, or a pro-drug thereof, which have activated coagulation factor X inhibitory activity and which are useful as anti-coagulants.

Abstract: An apoptosis inhibitor which comprises a compound of the formula: wherein R represents a hydrocarbon group that may be substituted or a heterocyclic group that may be substituted; Y represents a group of the formula: —CO—, —CH(OH)— or —NR3— where R3 represents an alkyl group that may be substituted; m is 0 or 1; n is 0, 1 or 2; X represents CH or N; A represents a chemical bond or a bivalent aliphatic hydrocarbon group having 1 to 7 carbon atoms; Q represents oxygen or sulfur; R1 represents hydrogen or an alkyl group; ring E may have further 1 to 4 substituents, which may form a ring in combination with R1; L and M respectively represent hydrogen or may be combined with each other to form a chemical bond; or a salt thereof, or a compound having an insulin sensitivity enhancing activity.

Abstract: A method of producing sustained-release microcapsules which comprises dispersing a physiologically active polypeptide into a solution of a biodegradable polymer and zinc oxide in an organic solvent, followed by removing the organic solvent; which provides a sustained-release preparation showing a high entrapment ratio of the physiologically active polypeptide and its constant high blood concentration levels over a long period of time.

Abstract: The present invention provides a linker binding carrier for organic synthesis represented by the formula: —Z—W—(SO2X)m wherein  is a carrier, X is a leaving group, Y is a bond or spacer, Z is a bivalent group, when Z is a bivalent electron attractive group, W is an aromatic ring which may be substituted and when Z is a bivalent non-electron attractive group, W is an aromatic ring which is substituted by an electron attractive group and may be further substituted and m is 1 or 2, or a salt thereof, which is useful for synthesizing a novel organic compound.

Abstract: A microorganism having indolmycin-producing ability and tryptophan analogue resistance is provided, and indolmycin or its salt can be produced efficiently by cultivating such microorganism in a medium to produce and accumulate indolmycin or its salt in the culture broth followed by recovering a product.

Abstract: The present invention provides compounds which specifically inhibit FXa, which are effective when orally administered and which are useful as a safe medicine for the prevention or treatment of diseases caused by thrombus or infarction.

Abstract: The invention provides compounds of the formula: wherein the ring A is an optionally substituted benzene ring; R1 is an optionally substituted non-aromatic heterocyclic group; R2 and R3 are independently hydrogen atom or an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group; n is an integer of 0-3; or salts thereof, which are useful as medicines having an osteogenesis promoting effect and chondrogensis promoting effect. The present invention relates to an amine compound having an excellent effect of inhibiting production and/or secretion of amyloid-b protein, a production and use thereof. Especially, it is effective for preventing and/or treating, for example, neurodegenerative diseases, amyloid angiopathy, neurological disorders caused by cerebrovascular disorders, and so forth.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of the formula: wherein ring A is an optionally substituted aromatic hydrocarbon ring or aromatic heterocyclic ring; ring B is an optionally substituted aromatic hydrocarbon ring or aromatic heterocyclic ring; Z is an optionally substituted cyclic group or linear hydrocarbon group; R1 is a hydrogen atom, an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group or heterocyclic ring; R2 is an optionally substituted amino group; D is a bond or an optionally substituted divalent hydrocarbon group; E is a bond, —CON(Ra)—, —N(Ra)CO—, —N(Rb)CON(Rc)—, —N(Rd)COO—, —N(Re)SO2—, —COO—, —N(Rf)—, —O—, —S— —SO—, —SO2—, (in which Ra, Rb, Rc, Rd, Re and Rf are respectively a hydrogen atom or an optionally substituted hydrocarbon group); G is a bond or an optionally divalent substituted hydrocarbon group; L is a divalent group; ring

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a compound of the formula: wherein the ring A is an optionally substituted 5- to 6-membered aromatic heterocyclic ring, the ring B an optionally substituted 5- to 6-membered aromatic homocyclic ring or an optionally substituted 5- to 6-membered aromatic heterocyclic ring, R1 is a hydrogen atom, a hydroxy group or a lower alkyl group, and n is 0 or 1, or a salt thereof, which is effective for the prevention or treatment of ischemic cardiac disease, etc., and which is useful as an agent for preventing or treating ischemic cardiac disease, etc. such as myocardial infarction, arrhythmia, etc.

Abstract: The present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for treating or preventing sleep disorders which comprises (S)-N-[2-(1,6,7,8-tetrahydro-2H-indeno[5,4-b]furan-8-yl)ethyl]propionamide in combination with at least one active component selected from zolpidem, zopiclone, triazolam and brotizolam.

Abstract: An apatite-coated solid composition which contains a biodegradable polymer and an apatite-coated solid composition which contains a biodegradable polymer and a medicinal substance have properties of sustained release and of osteoconductive activity.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound represented by the formula: wherein R1 is an amino group which may be substituted; R2 is a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group which may be substituted; X is a methyne group which may be substituted or N(O)m (m is 0 or 1); a ring A is a homo- or hetero-cycle which is substituted by a halogen atom, lower alkyl, lower alkoxy or lower alkylenedioxy; and a ring B is a homo- or hetero-cycle which may be substituted; or a salt thereof, which exhibits excellent cell differentiation-inducing action and cell differentiation-inducing factor action-enhancing action, and is useful in the treatment and prevention of various nerve diseases or bone/joint diseases.

Abstract: A compound of the formula: wherein R1 and R2 each is hydrogen, hydroxy, C1-4 alkoxy, C1-4 alkoxy-carbonyl or C1-4 alkyl which may be substituted; R3 is hydrogen, halogen, hydroxy or C1-4 alkoxy which may be substituted; or adjacent two R3 may form C1-4 alkylenedioxy; R4 is hydrogen or C1-4 alkyl; R6 is C1-4 alkyl which may be substituted or a group of the formula: wherein R5 is hydrogen or R4 and R5 may form heterocycle; and n is 0-5, or a salt thereof, has an excellent GnRH-antagonizing activity, and is useful for preventing or treating sex hormone-dependent diseases.

Abstract: A pharmaceutical composition which comprises an insulin sensitizer in combination with an anorectic, which is useful as an agent for preventing or treating diabetes.

Abstract: An orally disintegrable tablet, of the present invention, which comprises (i) fine granules having an average particle diameter of 400 &mgr;m or less, which fine granules comprise a composition coated by an enteric coating layer, said composition having 10 weight % or more of an acid-labile physiologically active substance and (ii) an additive, has superior disintegrability or dissolution in the oral cavity so that it can be used for treatment or prevention of various diseases, as an orally disintegrable tablet capable of being administered to the aged or children and easily administered without water. Also, because the tablet of the present invention contains fine granules having the average particle diameter such that it will not impart roughness in mouth, it can be administered easily without discomfort at the administration.

Abstract: The compounds of the present invention possess excellent gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonizing activity, and is useful for preventing or treating sex hormone-dependent diseases, e.g., sex hormone-dependent cancers (e.g., prostatic cancer, uterine cancer, breast cancer, pituitary tumor), prostatic hypertrophy, hysteromyoma, endometriosis, precocious puberty, amenorrhea syndrome, multilocular ovary syndrome, pimples etc, or as a pregnancy regulator (e.g., contraceptive), infertility remedy or menstruation regulator.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of the formula: wherein Ar represents an aromatic group which may be substituted; X represents methylene, S, SO, SO2 or CO; Y represents a spacer having a main chain of 2 to 5 atoms; n represents an integer of 1 to 5; i) R1 and R2 each represents a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl which may be substituted, ii) R1 and R2 form, taken together with the adjacent nitrogen atom, a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic ring which may be substituted, or iii) R1 or R2 together with —(CH2)n—N═ form, bonded to a component atom of Ring B, a spiro-ring which may be substituted; Ring A represents an aromatic ring which may be substituted; Ring B represents a 4- to 7-membered nitrogen-containing non-aromatic ring which may be further substituted by alkyl or acyl, with a proviso that X represents S, SO, SO2 or CO when Ring A has as a substituent a group represented by the formula: —NHCOR11 where R11 represents alkyl, alkoxyalkyl, alkylthio

Abstract: A compound of the formula: wherein R1 and R2 each represents a lower alkyl, or R1 and R2 may be bonded together to form a ring; X represents a spacer of which the number of atoms constituting the principal chain is 1 to 15; Y represents an acyl, or a hydroxy, an amino or an aromatic group, each of which may be substituted; and ring A represents a 5- to 8-membered ring which may be further substituted apart from —X—Y, or a salt thereof is useful as a pharmaceutical composition for preventing or treating disease related to mitochondrial dysfunction.