Abstract: A process for the preparation of a recombinant IGF-II (rIGF-II) without a covalently attached foreign protein moiety and without N-terminal attached methionine or a derivative of methionine or of a salt of said IGF-II, rIGF-II produced by said method, hybrid vectors comprising DNA encoding said rIGF-II, hosts transformed with said vectors, and a process for the isolation of said rIGF-II from the host cell and refolding it into a biologically active form.

Abstract: The invention relates to a novel advantageous process for the preparation of an oral solid dosage form containing diclofenac or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The dosage form is obtainable by direct compression of an inclusion compound consisting of diclofenac, or a salt thereof, with .gamma.-cyclodextrin. The inclusion compound itself is novel and is likewise an object of the invention.

Abstract: The invention relates to a novel, advantageous process for the preparation of liposomes for the inclusion of water-soluble or hydrophilic substances or mixtures of substances, which process provides the surprising advantage, in comparison with known processes, that the proportion of substances or mixtures of substances actually included is increased and which, when used pharmaceutically, provides the advantage of sterile working conditions. In this process, a mixture consisting of at least one phospholipid and customary lipophilic excipients is subjected to a mobile carrier phase consisting of carbon dioxide and a polar organic solvent (modifier) under supercritical pressure and temperature conditions, the compressed mixed phase is reduced to normal pressure and transferred to an aqueous phase comprising a substance having water-soluble or hydrophilic properties for encapsulation in liposomes.

Abstract: The invention relates to color-stable tablets for the therapeutic drug oxcarbazepine, which tablets are provided with a hydrophilic, permeable layer containing white pigments and a hydrophilic, permeable outer layer containing white pigments in combination with iron(II) oxide pigments.

Abstract: The invention relates to substituted hydroquinone derivatives of the general formula I ##STR1## wherein R.sub.4 is lower alkyl and either R.sub.1 is hydroxy, halogen, a group of the formula --P(=O)(R.sub.5)R.sub.6 (Ia), a group of the formula --P.sup.+ (R.sub.7)(R.sub.8)R.sub.9 X.sup.- (Ib) or a group of the formula --Si(R.sub.7)(R.sub.8)R.sub.9 (Ic), M is methylene, R.sub.2 is hydrogen or a group of the formula ##STR2## and R.sub.3 is hydrogen or halogen, or .sub.1 is hydroxy or lower alkoxy, M is carbonyl, R.sub.2 is hydrogen and R.sub.3 is halogen, each of R.sub.5 and R.sub.6, independently of the other, is lower alkyl, lower alkoxy Or N,N-di-lower alkylamino, or is benzyl, benzyloxy, phenyl or phenoxy, each of which is unsubstituted or mono- or di-substituted at the phenyl ring, to a process for the preparation of those compounds and to the use of those compounds, and to a process in which those compounds are used.

Abstract: The invention relates to dye mixtures comprising(a) a compound of the formula ##STR1## (b) a compound of the formula ##STR2## in which the variables are as defined in the claims. The dye mixtures according to the invention are suitable as a dye for dyeing or printing fibre materials containing hydroxyl groups or nitrogen and produce dyeings or prints with good all-round properties.

Abstract: Azo dyes of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 independently of one another are unsubstituted or hydroxy-, C.sub.1 -C4-alkoxy- or halogen-substituted C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy;unsubstituted or C.sub.1 -C4-alkyl-, C.sub.1 -C4-alkoxy- or halogen-substituted phenyl or phenoxy; ora radical of the formula --N(R.sub.3)R.sub.4, in which R.sub.3 und R.sub.4 independently of one another are hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkyl, or C.sub.2 -C.sub.4 -alkanoyl which is unsubstituted or further substituted in the alkyl part by hydroxyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 -alkoxy,with the proviso that R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are not simultaneously methyl, produce dyeings with good fastnesses on fibre materials containing nitrogen or containing hydroxyl groups.

Abstract: Described are 3-hydroxypyridin-4-ones of formula I ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 -R.sub.4, A and B are as defined in the description. The compounds have valuable pharmaceutical properties and are especially effective as chelators of iron. They can be used to treat excess iron in the bodies of warm-blooded animals.

Abstract: A description is given of o-hydroxyphenyl-s-triazines containing at least two alkoxyphenyl-substituents. They have the formula (1).The compounds according to the invention are particularly suitable as sunscreen agents in cosmetic preparations.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula I ##STR1## in which R.sub.1 and R.sub.5, independently of one another, are C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 alkyl; R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4, independently of one another, are H; C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 alkyl; C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 alkenyl; C.sub.1 -C.sub.12 alkoxy; C.sub.2 -C.sub.18 alkenyloxy; halogen; trifluormethyl; C.sub.7 -C.sub.11 phenylalkyl; phenyl; phenyl which is substituted by C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 alkoxy or halogen; phenoxy; or phenoxy which is substituted by C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 alkoxy or halogen; the two radicals R.sub.7 are identical or different and are hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 alkyl; or are C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 alkyl which is substituted by OH, C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 alkoxy, C.sub.3 -C.sub.6 alkenyloxy, halogen, --COOH, --COOR.sub.8, --CONH.sub.2, --CONHR.sub.9, --CON(R.sub.9)(R.sub.10), --NH.sub.2, --NHR.sub.9, --N(R.sub.9)(R.sub.10), --NHCOR.sub.11, --CN, --OCOR.sub.11, phenoxy and/or phenoxy which is substituted by C.sub.1 -C.sub.18 alkyl, C.sub.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a pigment composition comprising a diketopyrrolopyrrole pigment of formula (I) ##STR1## wherein A and B are as defined in claim 1, on the particle surface of which pigment an organometallic compound or a modified diketopyrrolopyrrole is adsorbed, and an aminoalkyl acrylate, and to the use of said composition for coloring organic material of high molecular weight.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## in which the variables are as defined in the claims, and which are suitable as fibre-reactive dyes for dyeing and printing widely varying fibre materials, are described.

Abstract: Compounds of formula (I): ##STR1## and of formula (I).sub.w : ##STR2## in which: A represents group having one of the following formulae: ##STR3## wherein R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen atoms, halogen atoms, alkyl groups having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and alkoxy groups having from 1 to 4 carbon atoms;R.sup.1, R.sub.w.sup.1 and R.sub.w.sup.2 are, for example, hydrogen, halogen, cyano, nitro, optically substituted alkyl, alkoxy or alkoxyalkoxy;X or X.sub.w is hydroxy, alkanoyloxy, substituted alkanoyloxy or hydroxyimino; R.sup.3.sub.w and R.sup.4.sub.w are each hydrogen, alkyl or alkoxy; R.sup.5 and R.sup.5.sub.w are methyl, ethyl, isopropyl or sec-butyl; and salts thereof have valuable anthelmintic, acaricidal and insecticidal activities.

Abstract: The invention relates to substituted 3-amino-1-arylalkyl-benzazepin-2-ones of the general formula ##STR1## wherein the substituents are defined in the specification; or salts thereof; to processes for the preparation thereof; and to the use thereof as well as to pharmaceutical compositions that comprise compounds of formula (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.

Abstract: The invention describes a colour former mixture comprising(a) a compound of formula (1) and/or of formula (2) and/or of formula (3) and(b) a compound of formula (4),or a colour former mixture comprising at least two compounds of component (b).The colour former mixture is suitable for pressure- and particularly for heat-sensitive recording materials and has excellent storage ability and superior paper whiteness.

Abstract: A drug delivery device for delivering a drug either intermittently or to a pre-selected region of the gastro-intestinal tract, particularly to the colon, consists of an a solid core comprising an active agent coated with a delay jacket, then coated with a semi-permeable membrane which is optionally drilled to provide a release orifice, and then optionally further coated with an enteric material. The device delivers substantially all of the active agent to the targeted site.

Abstract: Process for dyeing or printing organic material, in particular fibre material which comprises applying dyes containing no polymerizable double bond together with at least one colorless cationic compound containing at least one polymerizable double bond and, if desired, one or more colorless nonionic compounds containing at least one polymerizable double bond and, if desired, further auxiliaries to the fibre material and then fixing them by means of ionizing radiation, or applying dyes containing no polymerizable double bond together with at least one colorless cationic compound containing one polymerizable double bond, and if desired, one or more colorless nonionic compounds containing at least one polymerizable double bond and at least one photoinitiator and also, if desired, further auxiliaries to the fibre material and then fixing them by means of UV light.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## in which R.sub.l, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4, Y and Z are as defined in claim 1, and, if appropriate, the tautomers thereof, in each case in free form or in salt form, can be used as agrochemical active ingredients and can be prepared in a manner known per se.

Abstract: A pigment composition comprisingA) a 1,4-diketopyrrolo?3,4-c!pyrrole pigment of formula ##STR1## wherein A and B are each independently of the other a group of formula ##STR2## wherein R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are each independently of the other hydrogen, halogen or CN, andB) 0.1-20% by weight, based on the diketopyrrolopyrrole of formula I, of an acrylic resin obtainable by homopolymerisation of a monomer of formula ##STR3## wherein R.sub.3 is hydrogen or methyl and R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 are each independently of the other hydrogen, methyl or ethyl, and n is an integer from 1 to 6, or by copolymerisation of the same monomer with a monomer which is copolymerisable with said same monomer, wherein the homopolymerization or copolymerization is carded out in the absence of a nonionic active agentThese pigment compositions have excellent rheology and the colorations obtained with them have surprisisingly high gloss.

Abstract: A process is described for preparing diphenylamines of the formula ##STR1## by oxybromination of a phenol ether compound using elemental bromine in the presence of hydrogen peroxide and of a catalyst to give a brominated phenol ether compound which is subsequently reacted with a formanilide compound to give the compound of the formula (1).The oxybromination reaction is a regioselective, environmentally friendly and cost-efffective method of preparing brominated aromatic compounds.The diphenylamines of the formula (1) are industrially useful intermediates for the production, for example of dyes, and in particular of color formers of the fluoran type for pressure- or heat-sensitive recording systems.