Abstract: A method for treating cerebral vascular diseases in a human or non-human animal is disclosed. The method involves inhibiting 20-HETE synthesizing enzyme activity sufficiently to increase or prevent a decrease in cerebral blood flow in the human or non-human animal.

Abstract: An inhibitor for 20-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid production which comprises as the active ingredient a specific hydroxyformamidine derivative or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof. It is useful especially as a remedy for kidney diseases, cerebrovascular diseases, or circulatory diseases. The novel hydroxyformamidine derivative or pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof is also provided.

Abstract: A hydroxyeicosenoic acid analog represented by the following Formula (I), the bond ? represents a cis-vinylene group or an ethynylene group; Y represents CH2, O or S(O)p wherein p is 0, 1 or 2; m represents an integer of 1 to 4 inclusive; n represents an integer of 0 to 3 inclusive; the sum of m and n is an integer of 3 to 7 inclusive; R1 represents a C1-4 alkyl group or a C3-8 cycloalkyl group; R2 represents a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R3 represents COR4, a nitrile group, a halogen atom, a tetrazole group or a thiazolidinedione group; R4 represents OR6, NHR6, N(OH)R6, NHSO2R5, glycerol or functionalized glycerols; R5 represents a C1-15 alkyl group, a C6-10 aryl group or a C7-14 aryl group substituted with alkyl groups, halogens or amino groups; R6 represents a hydrogen, a C1-10 alkyl group or a C1-10 alkyl group substituted with a hydroxyl group, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or hydrate thereof. The compounds of the present invention are useful as an elastase release inhibitor.

Abstract: A hydroxyfattysulfonic acid analog represented by Formula (I): wherein X is an ethylene group, a vinylene group or an ethynylene group; Y is an ethylene group, a vinylene group, an ethynylene group, OCH2 or S(O)pCH2 wherein p is 0, 1 or 2; m is an integer of 1 to 5 inclusive; n is an integer of 0 to 4 inclusive; R1 is a C1-8 alkyl group, a C3-8 cycloalkyl group, a C1-4 alkyl group substituted with a C3-8 cycloalkyl group, a C1-4 alkyl group substituted with an aryl group or a C1-4 alkyl group substituted with an aryloxy group; R2 is a hydrogen atom or a methyl group; R1 and R2 together with the carbon atom to which they are attached may form a C3-8 cycloalkyl group; R3 is a hydrogen atom or a C2-8 acyl group; R4 is OR5 or NHR6, wherein R5 is a hydrogen atom, a C1-4 alkyl group, an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal or an ammonium group and R6 is a hydrogen atom or a C1-4 alkyl group; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a hydrate thereof.

Abstract: A hydroxyformamidine compound represented by the following formula or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an inhibitor for production of 20-hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid, comprising, as an effective ingredient, specific hydroxyformamidine derivatives or pharmaceutically-acceptable salts thereof. The inhibitors according to the present invention are useful as therapeutic agents for kidney diseases, cerebrovascular diseases, or circulatory diseases.

Abstract: Pharmaceutical agents for inhibiting the production of 20-HETE which participates in constriction or dilation of microvessels in major organs such as the kidneys and the cerebral blood vessels, or participates in causing cell proliferation are provided.

Abstract: Pharmaceutical agents for inhibiting the production of 20-HETE which participates in constriction or dilation of microvessels in major organs such as the kidneys and the cerebral blood vessels, or participates in causing cell proliferation are provided.