Abstract: A quinazolinone derivatives having poly (adenosine 5?-diphospho-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitory activity represented by the formula (I): wherein R1 is substituted cyclic amino groups or optionally substituted amino group, R2 is substituent, n means an integer of 0 to 4, and L1 is (1) cyclo (lower) alkylene, (2) cyclo (lower) alkenylene, (3) diradical of saturated- or unsaturated monocyclic group with one or more nitrogen atom(s), which is obtained after removal of one hydrogen atom from said monocyclic group, or (4) —N(R3)—L2— (wherein R3 is hydrogen or lower alkyl, and L2 is lower alkylene or lower alkenylene), or its prodrug, or a salt thereof.

Abstract: This invention relates to new aminoalcohol derivatives or salts thereof represented by the following formula [I]: wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification or salts thereof which have gut selective sympathomimetic, anti-ulcerous, anti-pancreatitis, lipolytic, anti-urinary incontinence and anti-pollakiuria activities, to processes for the preparation thereof, to a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same and to a method for the prevention and/or treatment diseases indicated in the specification to a human being or an animal.

Abstract: This invention relates to piperazine derivatives of the formula: wherein each symbol is as defined in the description, and its pharmaceutically acceptable salt, to processes for preparation thereof, to pharmaceutical composition comprising the same, and to a use of the same for treating or preventing Tachykinin-mediated diseases in human being or animals.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel benzimidazole compounds of the formula (I): wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, salts thereof and prodrugs thereof, which are useful in treating, for example, the diseases curable through decrease in blood sugar level.

Abstract: This invention relates to new lipopeptide compound represented by the following general formula (I): Wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are as defined in the description or a salt thereof which has antimicrobial activities (especially, antifungal activities), inhibitory activity on ?-1,3-glucan synthase, to process for preparation thereof, to a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same, and to a method for prophylactic and/or therapeutic treatment of infectious diseases including Pneumocystis carinii infection (e.g. Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia) in a human being or an animal.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of the formula [I]: wherein R1 is lower alkyl which may have suitable substituent(s), R2 is amino, protected amino or guanidino, R3 is carboxy or protected carboxy, R4 is amino or protected amino, and A is lower alkylene, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, a process for preparing a compound of the formula [I], and a pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of the formula [I] in admixture with a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

Abstract: This invention relates to new lipopeptide compound represented by the following general formula (I): wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as defined in the description or a salt thereof which has antimicrobial activities (especially, antifungal activities), inhibitory activity on ?-1,3-glucan synthase, to process for preparation thereof, to a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same, and to a method for prophylactic and/or therapeutic treatment of infectious diseases including Pneumocystis carinii infection (e.g. Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia) in a human being or an animal.

Abstract: The present invention is a compound and pharmaceutical composition comprising a compound of formula (I): 1

Abstract: A compound of the formula (I): R1—NH—X—Y-Z (I) wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof useful as a vascular adhesion protein-1 (VAP-1) inhibitor, a pharmaceutical composition, a method for preventing or treating a VAP-1 associated disease, especially macular edema, which method includes administering an effective amount of the compound or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof to a mammal, and the like.

Abstract: A new use of immunosuppressant for treating or preventing MMp-medicated diseases is provided. The preferred immunosuppresants are tacrolimus, cyclosporing A or 33-epi-chloro-33-desoxyascomycin (pimecrolimus). Particularly, preferable MMP-mediated diseases are the diseases or conditions caused by gelatinase and/or collagenase, and/or inflammatory diseases concerned with gelatinase; such as arthritis (e.g., osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, etc.) cerebral diseases (e.g., stroke, etc.), tissue ulceration (e.g., corneal, epidermal and gastriculceration, etc.), abnormal wound healing, periodontal diseases, bone diseases (e.g., Paget's diseases, osteoporosis. etc.), tumor growth, tumor metastasis or invasion, HIV-infection, decubitus, decubitis ulcer, restenosis, epidermolysis bullosa, sepsis, septic shock, neoplasm, psoriasis, neovascularization and multiple sclerosis.

Abstract: The present invention a compound represented by the formula (I): where the structural variables R1-R6 are defined herein.

Abstract: The present invention provides a cyclic lipopeptide acylase which may effectively deacylate the acyl side chain of a cyclic lipopeptide compound, specifically FR901379 Substance or its analog thereof shown by the following general formula [I], and a process for production of a cyclic peptide compound which comprises the use of said acylase.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound formula (I) wherein X1 is bond or —O—CH2—, (II) or (III) R1 is hydrogen or an amino protective group, a is phenyl, indolyl or carbazolyl, each of which may be substituted with one or two substituent(s), and B is hydrogen; halogen; lower alkyl; lower alkoxycarbonyl; cyclo(lower)alkyl; or a heterocyclic group, naphthyl, 1,2,3,4-tetrahydronaphthyl, benzyl or phenyl, each of which may be substituted with one or two substituent(s), or a salt thereof. The compound (I) of the present invention and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof are useful for the prophylactic and/or the therapeutic treatment of pollakiures or urinary incontinence.

Abstract: A gene encoding D-sorbitol dehydrogenase (SLDH); a process for producing SLDH by culturing host cells transformed by an expression vector having the above gene; and a process for processing L-sorbose or 2-keto-L-gulonic acid (2KLGA) by using the above culture. 2KLGA is an important intermediate in the production of L-ascorbic acid. Thus, a process for producing L-ascorbic acid from the 2KLGA obtained by the above process is also provided.

Abstract: The present invention provide a gene encoding D-sorbitol dehydrogenase (SLDH), a method for producing SLDH by culture of a host cell transformed with a vector expressing this gene and a method for producing L-sorbose or 2-keto-L-gulonic acid (2KLGA) using the culture. 2KLGA is an important intermediate for the production of L-ascorbic acid. Therefore, the present invention also provides a method for producing L-ascorbic acid from the 2KLGA obtained by the above-mentioned method.

Abstract: A compound having the following formula (I): 1

Abstract: A beta-alanine derivative of the formula (I) wherein R1 is hydrogen atom or an amino protective group; A is a lower alkylene group or a lower alkenylene group; R2 is hydrogen atom or an amino group which may be substituted with an acyl group; R3 is hydrogen atom or an aryl or aralkyl group which may be substituted with one or more of hydroxy and/or lower alkoxy, a moiety represented by the formula (II), which is a bivalent N-containing 6- to 8-membered heterocyclic group, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: A novel means for DNA compaction is provided.

Abstract: A sulfonamide compound of the formula (I):

Abstract: A compound of the formula (I): in which Z, R1, R2, R8, R10, R11, R12, R13 and R14 are each as defined in the description, or a salt thereof. The object compound of the present invention has pharmacological activities such as Tachykinin antagonism, and is useful for manufacture of a medicament for treating or preventing Tachykinin-mediated diseases.