Abstract: Compounds represented by formula (Ia) or (Ib) and wherein R and R1 are as defined in the description, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are disclosed; the said compounds are useful in the treatment of cell cycle proliferative disorders, e.g. cancer, associated with an altered cell cycle dependent kinase activity.

Abstract: Compounds represented by formula (Ia) or (Ib) and wherein R and R1 are as defined in the description, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are disclosed; the said compounds are useful in the treatment of cell cycle proliferative disorders, e.g. cancer, associated with an altered cell cycle dependent kinase activity.

Abstract: Compounds represented by formula (Ia) or (Ib) and wherein R and R1 are as defined in the description, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are disclosed; the said compounds are useful in the treatment of cell cycle proliferative disorders, e.g. cancer, associated with an altered cell cycle dependent kinase activity.

Abstract: Compounds represented by formula (Ia) or (Ib) and wherein R and R1 are as defined in the description, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are disclosed; the said compounds are useful in the treatment of cell cycle proliferative disorders, e.g. cancer, associated with an altered cell cycle dependent kinase activity.

Abstract: Compounds represented by formula (Ia) or (Ib) and wherein R and R1 are as defined in the description, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are disclosed; the said compounds are useful in the treatment of cell cycle proliferative disorders, e.g. cancer, associated with an altered cell cycle dependent kinase activity.

Abstract: Compounds represented by formula (Ia) or (Ib) and wherein R and R1 are as defined in the description, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are disclosed; the said compounds are useful in the treatment of cell cycle proliferative disorders, e.g. cancer, associated with an altered cell cycle dependent kinase activity.

Abstract: Compounds represented by formula (Ia) or (Ib) and wherein R and R1 are as defined in the description, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are disclosed; the said compounds are useful in the treatment of cell cycle proliferative disorders, e.g. cancer, associated with an altered cell cycle dependent kinase activity.

Abstract: Compounds represented by formula (Ia) or (Ib) and wherein R and R1 are as defined in the description, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are disclosed; the said compounds are useful in the treatment of cell cycle proliferative disorders, e.g. cancer, associated with an altered cell cycle dependent kinase activity.

Abstract: A new class of pyrazolo derivative compounds having the formula where R and R1 have the meanings given herein. The pyrazolo derivative compounds are useful in treating cell proliferative disorders caused by and/or associated with an altered cell cycle dependent kinase activity in mammals. The compounds may be provided in pharmaceutical compositions or in a kit.

Abstract: Compounds represented by formula (Ia) or (Ib) and wherein R and R1 are as defined in the description, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are disclosed; the said compounds are useful in the treatment of cell cycle proliferative disorders, e.g. cancer, associated with an altered cell cycle dependent kinase activity.

Abstract: A process for preparing distamycin derivatives possessing antitumor activity, by starting from distamycin A itself, is described.

Abstract: Compounds which are &agr;-halogenoacryloyl distamycin derivatives of formula (I) wherein R1 is a bromine or chlorine atom; R2 is a distamycin or distamycin-like framework as set forth in the specification; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; are cytotoxic agents particularly effective in the treatment of tumors over expressing GSH/GSTs system and which are poorly responsive or even resistant to conventional antitumor therapies.

Abstract: The invention relates to polymeric conjugates of 20-O-[glycyl-aminoacyl-glycyl]-camptothecins and a process for producing the same.

Abstract: Arylidene and heteroarylidene oxindole derivatives of formula (I) ##STR1## wherein, subject to provisos, Y is a bicyclic ring system chosen from naphthalene, tetralin, quinoline and isoquinoline;R is hydrogen or an oxo (.dbd.O) group when Y is tetralin; orR is hydrogen when Y is naphthalene, quinoline or isoquinoline;each of R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 independently is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl or C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 alkanoyl;m is zero, 1 or 2;n is zero, 1, 2 or 3;each of R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 independently is hydrogen, halogen, cyano, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, carboxy, nitro or --NR.sup.6 R.sup.7 in which each of R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 independently is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl;R.sup.5 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl; and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts, which are useful as tyrosine kinase inhibitors.

Abstract: The new use of a compound of formula (I) ##STR1## wherein Y is a bicyclic ring selected from naphthalene, tetralin, quinoline, isoquinoline and indole;n is zero or an integer of 1 to 3;R.sub.1 is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl or C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 alkanoyl;R.sub.2 is hydrogen, halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, cyano, carboxy, nitro, or NHR, wherein R is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl;R.sub.3 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl;R.sub.4 is hydrogen, hydroxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkoxy, C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 alkanoyloxy, carboxy, nitro or NHR, wherein R is as defined above;R.sub.5 is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl or halogen; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof;and wherein when Y is naphthalene then n is zero or an integer of 1 to 3, whereas when Y is tetralin, quinoline, isoquinoline or indole then n is zero, 1 or 2; and wherein when the bicyclic ring Y is naphthalene, quinoline, isoquinoline or indole, then each of the substituents OR.sub.1, R.sub.

Abstract: 4-amino-unsaturated androstanedione derivatives provided with aromatase inhibitory activity are obtained by hydrolyzation of a corresponding compound of formula II ##STR1##

Abstract: A process for the preparation of 4-aminoandrostenediones of formula (I) ##STR1## and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein one of R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 is hydrogen and the other is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 alkenyl or C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 alkynyl, and the symbol indicates that each of (x) and (y), independently, is a single bond or a double bond, comprising reacting a compound of formula (II) ##STR2## wherein E is a halogen atom and R.sub.1, R.sub.2, (x) and (y) each are as defined as above with ammonia.

Abstract: The present invention relates to new furyl derivatives of 16-substituted prostaglandins, to a process for their preparation and to pharmaceutical and veterinary compositions containing them.The new compounds of the invention are optically active or racemic prostaglandins of the following formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R is(1) --OH or --OR' wherein R' is C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl optionally substituted by phenyl or by a monocycloalkyl group or by a pentatomic or hexatomic heteromonocyclic ring containing at least one heteroatom chosen from O, S and N;(2) ##STR2## wherein each of R" and R"', is independently, hydrogen; C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl; phenyl; or a pentatomic or hexatomic heteromonocyclic ring containing at least one heteroatom chosen from O, S and N; or R" and R"', together with the nitrogen atom to which they are linked, form a pentatomic or hexatomic heteromonocyclic ring optionally containing a further heteroatom chosen from O, S and N;(3) --W--(CH.sub.2).sub.