Abstract: The present invention provides novel 2-methylpropionic acid derivatives represented by the general formula: (wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group or an aralkyl group; R2 represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group or a halogen atom; A represents an oxygen atom or an imino group; the carbon atom marked with (R) represents a carbon atom in R configuration; and the carbon atom marked with (S) represents a carbon atom in S configuration) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which have excellent &bgr;3-adrenoceptor stimulating effects and are useful as agents for the prevention or treatment of obesity, hyperglycemia, the diseases caused by intestinal hypermotility, pollakiuria, urinary incontinence, depression, or the diseases caused by biliary calculi or hypermotility of the biliary tract.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel 2-methylpropionic acid derivatives represented by the general formula: (wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group or an aralkyl group; R2 represents a hydrogen atom a lower alkyl group or a halogen atom; A represents an oxygen atom or an imino group; the carbon atom marked with (R) represents a carbon atom in R configuration; and the carbon atom marked with (S) represents a carbon atom in S configuration) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which have excellent &bgr;3-adrenoceptor stimulating effects and are useful as agents for the prevention or treatment of obesity, hyperglycemia, the diseases caused by intestinal hypermotility, pollakiuria, urinary incontinence, depression, or the diseases caused by biliary calculi or hypermotility of the biliary tract.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel 2-methylpropionic acid derivatives represented by the general formula: 1

Abstract: The present invention provides novel phenoxyacetic acid derivatives represented by the general formula: wherein R1 represents a hydroxy group, a lower alkoxy group, an aralkoxy group, an amino group, or a mono or di(lower alkyl)amino group; one of R2 and R3 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group or a lower alkoxy group, while the other is a hydrogen atom; R4 represents a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a halo(lower alkyl) group, a hydroxy group, a lower alkoxy group, an aralkoxy group, a cyano group, a nitro group, an amino group, a mono or di(lower alkyl)amino group, a carbamoyl group, a mono or di(lower alkyl)carbamoyl group or a group represented by the general formula: —NHCOR5 (wherein R5 represents a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group); the carbon atom marked with (R) represents a carbon atom in R configuration; and the carbon atom marked with (S) represents a carbon atom in S configuration, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which have excellen

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel drug composition for relieving pain and promoting the removal of calculi in urolithiasis which contains an active ingredient having stimulating effects on both &bgr;2- and &bgr;3-adrenoceptors and exerting a potent relaxing effect on human ureteral smooth muscle.

Abstract: Novel aminoethylphenoxyacetic acid derivatives represented by the general formula: (wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group or an aralkyl group; R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom; the carbon atom marked with (R) represents a carbon atom in (R) configuration; and the carbon atom marked with (S) represents a carbon atom in (S) configuration) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which have stimulating effects on both &bgr;2- and &bgr;3-adrenoceptors and are useful as agents for relieving pain and promoting the removal of calculi in urolithiasis.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a novel drug method for relieving pain and promoting the removal of calculi in urolithiasis which contains an active ingredient having stimulating effects on both &bgr;2- and &bgr;3-adrenoceptors and exerting a potent relaxing effect on human ureteral smooth muscle.

Abstract: The present invention provides novel phenylaminoalkyl-carboxylic acid derivatives represented by the general formula: (wherein R1 represents a hydroxy group, a lower alkoxy group, an aralkoxy group, an amino group, an alicyclic amino group or a mono or di(lower alkyl)amino group which may have a hydroxy group or a lower alkoxy group as a substituent; R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group; R3 represents a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom; R4 and R5 are the same or different and each represents a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom or a lower alkyl group; A represents a lower alkylene group; the carbon atom marked with (R) represents a carbon atom in (R) configuration; and the carbon atom marked with (S) represents a carbon atom in (S) configuration) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which have excellent &bgr;3-adrenoceptor stimulating effects and are useful as agents for the prevention or treatment of obesity, hyperglycemia, the diseases caused by intestinal hypermotility

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel class of naphthylsulfonylalkanoic acid compounds such as a structure corrresponding to the formula: ##STR1## or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. A present invention naphthylsulfonylalkanoic acid compound is useful for prevention or treatment of irritable bowel syndrome, biliary dyskinesia and acute pancreatitis.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel class of phenylsulfonylalkanoic acid compounds such as a structure corresponding to the formula: ##STR1## or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. A present invention phenylsulfonylalkanoic acid compound is useful for prevention or treatment of irritable bowel syndrome, biliary dyskinesia and acute pancreatitis.

Abstract: This invention provides novel isatin compounds which are useful as therapeutic agents. The invention isatin compounds and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof exhibit anti-ulcer activities which are applicable for propylaxis and treatment of ulcer diseases in the digestive tract of animals.