Abstract: This invention provides a compound of the following formula: or the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof wherein Z is OH, C1-6 alkoxy, —NR2R3 or heterocycle; Q is selected from the following: (a) an optionally substituted phenyl, (b) an optionally substituted 6-membered monocyclic aromatic group containing one, two, three or four nitrogen atom(s), (c) an optionally substituted 5-membered monocyclic aromatic group containing one heteroatom selected from O, S and N and optionally containing one, two or three nitrogen atom(s) in addition to said heteroatom, (d) an optionally substituted C3-7 cycloalkyl and (e) an optionally substituted benzo-fuzed heterocycle; R1 is hydrogen, C1-4 alkyl or halo; R2 and R3 are independently hydrogen, OH, C1-4 alkoxy, C1-4 alkyl or C1-4 alkyl substituted with halo, OH, C1-4 alkoxy or CN; X is independently selected from H, halo, C1-4 alkyl, halo-substituted C1-4 alkyl, OH, C1-4 alkoxy, halo-substituted C1-4 alkoxy, C1-4 alkylthio, NO2, NH2, di-(C1-4 al

Abstract: This invention provides a compound of the following formula: and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein L is oxygen or sulfur; Y is a direct bond or C1-4 alkylidene; Q is C1-6 alkyl, C3-7 cycloalkyl, phenyl, naphthyl, heteroaryl or the like; R1 is hydrogen, C1-6 alkyl or the like; R2 is hydrogen, C1-4 alkyl, C(O)R5 wherein R5 is C1-22 alkyl or C2-22 alkenyl, halosubstituted C1-8 alkyl, halosubstituted C2-8alkenyl, —Y—C3-7 cycloalkyl, —Y—C3-7 cycloalkenyl, phenyl, naphthyl, heteroaryl or the like; X is halo, C1-4 alkyl, hydroxy, C1-4 alkoxy or the like; and n is 0, 1, 2 or 3, with the proviso that a group of formula —Y—Q is not methyl or ethyl when X is hydrogen; L is oxygen; R1 is hydrogen; and R2 is acetyl. This invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition useful for the treatment of a medical condition in which prostaglandins are implicated as pathogens.

Abstract: Certain novel hydroxamic acid derivatives having the structure inhibit the enzyme lipoxygenase. These compounds, and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, are useful in the treatment or alleviation of inflammatory diseases, allergic conditions and cardiovascular diseases in mammals and as the active ingredient in pharmaceutical compositions for treating such conditions.

Abstract: Described herein are N-hydroxyurea compounds having the ability to inhibit the 5-lipoxygenase enzyme and having formula (I) and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. The variables are described herein. These compounds are useful in the treatment or alleviation of inflammatory diseases, allergy and cardiovascular diseases in mammals and as the active ingredient in pharmaceutical compositions for treating such conditions.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel N-hydroxyurea compound of chemical formula (I) wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each independently hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl; Ar is phenyl or mono-, di- or trisubstituted phenyl; A is a valence bond or a C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkylene chain, optionally having one double bond or one triple bond in the chain, and optionally having one or more C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl groups attached to the chain: X is oxygen or sulfur, n is an integer of 3 to 6; M is hydrogen, pharmaceutically acceptable cation or a metabolically cleavable group: and X and A may be attached at any available position on the ring. These compounds are useful for treatment or alleviation of inflammatory diseases, allergy and cardiovascular diseases in mammals and as the active ingredient in pharmaceutical compositions for treating such conditions.