Abstract: The present invention discloses the use, in the manufacture of a preventive and therapeutic drug of a brain disease, of a compound represented by formula (1): CH2═CH—CH2—S(O)n—R  (1) [wherein R represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, a substituted alkyl group, a substituted alkenyl group, an alkylthio group, an alkenylthio group, a phenyl group, a substituted phenyl group, a heterocyclic group, or a group derived from an amino acid or an oligopeptide by deletion of one hydrogen atom, and which group may have a protective group; and n is 0, 1, or 2], a glycoside thereof, or a salt of the compound or the glycoside. The drug of the present invention for ameliorating brain diseases, inhibiting reduction of brain neurons and promoting branching of neurites, is useful for the prevention and treatment of brain diseases such as dementia in association with degeneration and sloughing of brain neurons.

Abstract: A novel pyridonecarboxylic acid derivative or its salt exhibiting satisfactory antibacterial activities, intestinal absorption, metabolic stability, and reduced side effects, in particular, phototoxicity and cytotoxicity, as well as an antibacterial agent containing such pyridonecarboxylic acid derivative or its salt are provided. For such an object, a pyridonecarboxylic acid derivative represented by the following formula (1): (wherein R1 represents hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or a lower alkyl group; R2 represents hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group; R3 represents substituted or unsubstituted amino group or hydroxyl group; and R4 represents hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, amino group or nitro group) or its salt is provided.

Abstract: A pyridonecarboxylic acid derivative represented by the following general formula (1): ##STR1## [wherein R.sup.1 represents hydrogen atom or a carboxyl protective group; R.sup.2 represents hydroxyl group, a lower alkoxy group, or a substituted or unsubstituted amino group; R.sup.3 represents hydrogen atom or a halogen atom; R.sup.4 represents hydrogen atom or a halogen atom; R.sup.5 represents a halogen atom or an optionally substituted saturated cyclic amino group; R.sup.6 represents hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, nitro group, or an optionally protected amino group; X, Y and Z may be the same or different and respectively represent nitrogen atom, --CH.dbd. or --CR.sup.7 .dbd. (wherein R.sup.7 represents a lower alkyl group, a halogen atom, or cyano group) (with the proviso that at least one of X, Y and Z represent the nitrogen atom), and W represents nitrogen atom or --CR.sup.8 .dbd. (wherein R.sup.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition prepared by fermenting enzymatically-deactivated garlic with Aspergillus and/or Monascus, to a process for preparing the same, and also to foods and drugs containing the same. The composition is free from any unpleasant odor and is useful as a prophylactic or therapeutic agent for diabetes, hepatic diseases, cancer, immunopathy, hyperlipemia, and the like.

Abstract: The invention relates to pyridonecarboxylic acid derivatives represented by the general formula (1): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is --OH, a carboxy-protecting group or (alkyl)amino group, R.sup.2 is H, or --NO.sub.2, (protected) amino, (protected) hydroxyl, lower alkyl or lower alkoxyl group, R.sup.3 is a halogen atom, H, or --NO.sub.2, lower alkyl, lower alkoxyl or amino group, R.sup.4 is an azido, (substituted) hydrazino, (substituted) amino, lower alkoxyl or hydroxyl group, R.sup.5, R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 are independently H, --NO.sub.2, halogen atom or lower alkyl group, R.sup.8 is a --NO.sub.2, (substituted) amino, --OH or lower alkoxyl group, A is N or C--R.sup.12, in which R.sup.12 is H, halogen atom, or (substituted) lower alkyl, lower alkenyl, lower alkynyl, lower alkoxyl, lower alkylthio or nitro group, and B is N or C--R.sup.13, in which R.sup.13 is H or halogen atom, or salts thereof, and medicine comprising such a compound as an active ingredient.

Abstract: A pyridonecarboxylic acid derivative represented by the following general formula (1): ##STR1## [wherein R.sup.1 represents hydrogen atom or a carboxyl protective group; R.sup.2 represents hydroxyl group, a lower alkoxy group, or a substituted or unsubstituted amino group; R.sup.3 represents hydrogen atom or a halogen atom; R.sup.4 represents hydrogen atom or a halogen atom; R.sup.5 represents a halogen atom or an optionally substituted saturated cyclic amino group; R.sup.6 represents hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, nitro group, or an optionally protected amino group; X, Y and Z may be the same or different and respectively represent nitrogen atom, --CH.dbd. or --CR.sup.7 .dbd. (wherein R.sup.7 represents a lower alkyl group, a halogen atom, or cyano group) (with the proviso that at least one of X, Y and Z represent the nitrogen atom), and W represents nitrogen atom or --CR.sup.8 .dbd. (wherein R.sup.

Abstract: A pyridonecarboxylic acid derivative represented by the following general formula (1): ##STR1## [wherein R.sup.1 represents hydrogen atom or a carboxyl protective group; R.sup.2 represents hydroxyl group, a lower alkoxy group, or a substituted or unsubstituted amino group; R.sup.3 represents hydrogen atom or a halogen atom; R.sup.4 represents hydrogen atom or a halogen atom; R.sup.5 represents a halogen atom or an optionally substituted saturated cyclic amino group; R.sup.6 represents hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, nitro group, or an optionally protected amino group; X, Y and Z may be the same or different and respectively represent nitrogen atom, --CH.dbd. or --CR.sup.7 .dbd. (wherein R.sup.7 represents a lower alkyl group, a halogen atom, or cyano group) (with the proviso that at least one of X, Y and Z represent the nitrogen atom), and W represents nitrogen atom or --CR.sup.8 .dbd. (wherein R.sup.

Abstract: Phenylenediamines represented by general formula (1): ##STR1## wherein R represents an alkyl group or an optionally substituted aralkyl group, X.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom, and X.sup.2 represents a halogen atom; salts thereof, and a process for preparing the same. The compounds are useful as intermediates for synthesis of pyridonecarboxylic acid derivatives useful as antibacterial agents.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a drug for ameliorating brain diseases which comprises as an active ingredient a compound represented by the following formula (1): ##STR1## or a salt thereof. Because of inhibiting a decrease in brain neurons and promoting branching of neurites, this drug is efficacious in the prevention and treatment of dementia, etc. in association with degeneration and sloughing of brain neurons.

Abstract: A method of detecting falciparum, tertian, quartan and ovale malaria parasites by using primers represented by the sequences (SEQ ID NO:1), (SEQ ID NO:3) to (SEQ ID NO:10):5'AAGTCATCTTTCGAGGTGAC3' (SEQ ID NO:4)5'GAATTTTCTCTTCGGAGTTTA3' (SEQ ID NO:5)5'GAGACATTCTTATATATG3' (SEQ ID NO:3)5'GAAAATTCCTTTCGGGGA3' (SEQ ID NO:1)5'CGACTAGGTGTTGGATGA3' (SEQ ID NO:6)5'GAACGAAAGTTAAGGGAGT3' (SEQ ID NO:7)5'ACTGAAGGAAGCAATCTAA3' (SEQ ID NO:8)5'TCAGATACCGTCGTAATCTT3' (SEQ ID NO:9)5'CCAAAGACTTTGATTTCTCAT3' (SEQ ID NO:10)This invention allows all of the plasmodia, which infect the human, to be detected easily, rapidly and with a high sensitivity or distinguished accurately from one another, thus permitting treatment for malaria and large-scale mass examination in the area where malaria is prevalent.

Abstract: A compound represented by the following general formula: ##STR1## which is useful as an intermediate for production of a clinically excellent synthetic antibacterial, a salt thereof, and a process for producing the same.In said formula,R.sup.1 is a hydrogen atom or a carboxyl-protecting group;R.sup.2 is a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group;X.sup.1 is a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom;X.sup.2 is a halogen atom;X.sub.a.sup.5 is a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom;A is a methylene group; a group of >CH--COOR.sup.4, etc.,in which R.sup.4, R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 each are a hydrogen atom or a carboxyl-protecting group;B is a methylene group or a carbonyl group;provided that both A and B must not be methylene groups at the same time.