Abstract: O-substituted fumagillol derivatives and its salts have an angiogenesis inhibiting activity and are useful for prophylaxis and treatment of diseases induced by abnormally stimulated neovascularization.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is 2-methyl-1-propenyl group or isobutyl group; R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are each hydrogen atom, an optionally substituted hydrocarbon residue or an optionally substituted acyl group or R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 may form a ring together with the adjacent nitrogen atom; and the bonding mark .about. represents an .alpha.-linkage or .beta.-linkage, or a salt thereof. The compound (I) of the present invention has, among others, angiogenesis inhibiting activity, cell-growth inhibiting activity and immune reaction inhibiting activity, thus being useful as medicines, etc.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is 2-methyl-1-propenyl group or isobutyl group; R.sup.2 is hydrogen atom, an optionally substituted aliphatic hydrocarbon residue or an optionally substituted acyl group, or a salt thereof.The compound (I) of the invention has, among others, angiogenesis inhibiting activity, cell-proliferation inhibiting activity and immune reaction inhibiting activity, thus being useful as medicines, etc.

Abstract: A complex of a fumagillin derivative represented by the general formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is hydrogen; R.sup.2 is halogen, N(O)mR.sup.5 R.sup.6, N.sup.+ R.sup.5 R.sup.6 R.sup.7.X.sup.-, S(O)nR.sup.5 or S.sup.+ R.sup.5 R.sup.6.X.sup.- (wherein R.sup.5, R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 are independently an optionally substituted hydrocarbon or heterocyclic group; X.sup.- is a counter anion; m is an integer of 0 or 1; n is an integer from 0 to 2; and R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 together with the adjacent nitrogen or sulfur atom may form a nitrogen- or sulfur-containing heterocyclic group which may be substituted and form a condensed ring); or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 together represent a bond; R.sup.3 is 2-methyl-1-propenyl group or isobutyl group; A is O or NR.sup.8 (wherein R.sup.8 is hydrogen or an optionally substituted lower alkyl or aryl group); R.sup.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein A is halogen, N(O)mR.sup.1 R.sup.2, N.sup..sym. R.sup.1 R.sup.2 R.sup.3 .multidot.X.sup..crclbar., S(O)nR.sup.1 or S.sup..sym. (O)mR.sup.1 R.sup.2 .multidot.X.sup..crclbar. where R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are each optionally substituted hydrocarbon or heterocyclic group, X.sup..crclbar. is a counter anion; m is an integer of 0 or 1; n is an integer of 0 to 2; R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 may form a nitrogen-containing or a sulfur-containing heterocyclic ring, which may further form a condensed ring, with the adjacent nitrogen atom or sulfur atom, and these nitrogen-containing or sulfur-containing heterocyclic rings may have substituents, Z is O or NR.sup.4 where R.sup.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a compound of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is a 2-methyl-1-propenyl or isobutyl group which may be substituted and R.sup.2 is (1) a substituted alkanoyl group, (2) a substituted aroyl group having at least one substituent selected from the group consisting of C.sub.2-6 alkyl, amino, halogen, hydroxyl, lower alkoxy, cyano, carbamoyl and carboxyl, (3) an aromatic heterocycle-carbonyl, which may optionally be substituted, (4) a carbamoyl group, which may optionally be substituted, (5) an alkyl group, which may optionally be substituted, (6) a benzenesulfonyl group, which may optionally be substituted, (7) an alkylsulfonyl group, which may optionally be substituted, (8) a sulfamoyl group, which may optionally be substituted, (9) an alkoxycarbonyl group, which may optionally be substituted or (10) a phenoxycarbonyl group, which may optionally be substituted; or a salt thereof.The compound (I) has a strong angiogenesis inhibitory activity.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a compound of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is a 2-methyl-1-propenyl or isobutyl group which may be substituted and R.sup.2 is (1) a substituted alkanoyl group, (2) a substituted aroyl group having at least one substituent selected from the group consisting of C.sub.2-6 alkyl, amino, halogen, hydroxyl, lower alkoxy, cyano, carbamoyl and carboxyl, (3) an aromatic heterocycle-carbonyl, which may optionally be substituted, (4) a carbamoyl group, which may optionally be substituted, (5) an alkyl group, which may optionally be substituted, (6) a benzenesulfonyl group, which may optionally be substituted, (7) an alkylsulfonyl group, which may optionally be substituted, (8) a sulfamoyl group, which may optionally be substituted, (9) an alkoxycarbonyl group, which may optionally be substituted or (10) a phenoxycarbonyl group, which may optionally be substituted; or a salt thereof.The compound (I) has a strong angiogenesis inhibitory activity.

Abstract: The present invention is related to a compound of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is a 2-methyl-1-propenyl or isobutyl group which may be substituted and R.sup.2 is (1) a substituted alkanoyl group, (2) a substituted aroyl group having at least one substituent selected from the group consisting of C.sub.2-6 alkyl, amino, halogen, hydroxyl, lower alkoxy, cyano, carbamoyl and carboxyl, (3) an aromatic heterocycle-carbonyl, which may optionally be substituted, (4) a carbamoyl group, which may optionally be substituted, (5) an alkyl group, which may optionally be substituted, (6) a benzenesulfonyl group, which may optionally be substituted, (7) an alkylsulfonyl group, which may optionally be substituted, (8) a sulfamoyl group, which may optionally be substituted, (9) an alkoxycarbonyl group, which may optionally be substituted or (10) a phenoxycarabonyl group, which may optionally be substituted; or a salt thereof.The compound (I) has a strong angiogenesis inhibitory activity.

Abstract: An antibacterial agent is provided which is a cephem compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is an acyl group; R.sup.2 is a carboxy group which may be esterified; R.sup.3 is a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group or cyano group; R.sup.4 is a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group, or R.sup.4 together with R.sup.3 is a methylene chain having 2 or 3 carbon atoms; R.sup.5 is a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group; A is an optionally substituted bivalent aromatic heterocyclic group which is bonded to a ring-constituting carbon atom with the adjacent sulfur atom; Y is a binding arm, sulfur or oxygen atom, --NH--, --CONH-- or --NHCO--; Z is a binding bond or --NH--; m is an integer of 0 to 4 and n is an integer of 0 to 6, or a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: Novel cephem compounds of the general formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is a lower alkyl group, and salts and esters thereof, showing excellent and balanced antibacterial activity against a broad spectrum of bacteria, especially by rectal administration, and their production and use as antimicrobial agents are described.

Abstract: This invention relates to a compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein Q is nitrogen or CH; R.sup.1 is hydrogen or a lower alkyl group which may be substituted; and ring A is a pyridine or pyridazine ring which is substituted at the ring-constituting carbon atom by a group of the formula:--E--(CH.sub.2).sub.n --R.sup.2in which E is sulfur or NH; R.sup.2 is an amino, carbamoylamino, formylamino, acetylamino, N-formimidoylamino, N-acetimidoylamino, lower alkylamino, hydroxyl or carbamoyloxy group; and n is an integer of 2 to 4, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The compound (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable sale thereof has excellent antibacterial activity and is used as antibiotics.

Abstract: Cephem compounds of the formula: ##STR1## wherein Q stands for a nitrogen atom or CH, R.sup.1 stands for a hydrogen atom or an optionally substituted lower alkyl group, R.sup.2 stands for a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group, A stands for a sulfur atom or NH, and n denotes an integral number ranging from 2 to 4, or salts thereof, and processes for producing them. The compounds (I) or salts thereof show not only excellent antibacterial activities against a wide range of pathogenic bacteria from gram-positive to gram-negative ones, including a variety of strains isolated clinically but also hydrophilic properties, and therefore they are excellent antibiotic substances having desirable water-solubility when used as injections.

Abstract: A compound having the general formula ##STR1## wherein, R.sup.0 is a hydrogen atom, a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group, an acyl group or an amino-protective group; Z is S, S.fwdarw.O,O or CH.sub.2 ; R.sup.4 is a hydrogen atom, a methoxy group, or a formamide group; R.sup.13 is a hydrogen atom, a methyl group, a hydroxyl group, or a halogen atom; A.sym. is a condensed triazolio group which may be substituted, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or ester thereof is novel and has an excellent antibacterial activity.

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the general formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is amino, an acylated amino or a protected amino group, X is hydrogen or methoxy, and R' is hydrogen, R or R.sup.4 wherein R is an organic residue attached to the azetidine ring through a carbon atom therein and R.sub.4 is azido, a halogen, an amino group which may optionally be acylated or a group of the formula ##STR2## wherein R.sub.5 is an organic residue and n is 0, 1 or 2, and pharmeceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof.The compounds have antimicrobial and/or .beta.-lactamase-inhibitory activity and are of value as drugs for human beings and domesticated animals.

Abstract: A 2-azetidinone derivative having a group of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are the same or different and each represents a hydrogen atom, alkyl, aryl or arylalkyl which may have a substituent at the 1-position and an amino group, at the 3-position, which may be acylated or protected, its salt or ester, and methods of producing the same, (1) a method comprising subjecting a 2-azetidinone derivative having a group of the formula ##STR2## wherein the symbols are as defined above at the 1-position and an amino group at the 3-position, its salt or ester to an acylation or protective-group introduction reaction, and (2) a method comprising reacting a 2-azetidinone derivative having a hydroxy group at the 1-position and an amino group, at the 3-position, which may be acylated or protected, or its salt with a compound of the formula ##STR3## wherein W is a halogen atom; other symbols are as defined above, its salt or ester.

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the general formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is amino, an acylated amino or a protected amino group, X is hydrogen or methoxy, and R' is hydrogen, R or R.sup.4 wherein R is an organic residue attached to the azetidine ring through a carbon atom therein and R.sub.4 is azido, a halogen, an amino group which may optionally be acylated or a group of the formula ##STR2## wherein R.sub.5 is an organic residue and n is 0, 1 or 2, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof.The compounds have antimicrobial and/or .beta.-lactamase-inhibitory activity and are of value as drugs for human beings and domesticated animals.

Abstract: 4-Cyano-2-azetidinone derivatives represented by the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is an amino group which may be acylated or protected, X is a hydrogen atom or a methoxy group and W is a hydrogen atom or a sulfo group, and methods of producing the same, for example, as represented by ##STR2## wherein R.sup.2 is an acylated or protected amino group, Y is a halogen atom or a group having the formula --OCOR.sup.3, --SCOR.sup.3 or --S(O).sub.n --R.sup.3 (R.sup.3 being a hydrocarbyl group and n an integer 1 or 2), R.sup.4 is an amino group which may be acylated or protected and X is as defined above. Compounds [I] are useful as advantageous intermediates for the synthesis of optically active 4-substituted-2-azetidinone derivatives, and, when W=SO.sub.3 H, [I] are also useful as antimicrobial agents and as beta-lactamase inhibitors.

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the general formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is amino, an acylated amino or a protected amino group, X is hydrogen or methoxy, and R' is hydrogen, R or R.sup.4 wherein R is an organic residue attached to the azetidine ring through a carbon atom therein and R.sub.4 is azido, a halogen, an amino group which may optionally be acylated or a group of the formula --OR.sub.5, ##STR2## or --S--S--R.sub.5 wherein R.sub.5 is an organic residue and n is 0, 1 or 2, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof.The compounds have antimicrobial and/or .beta.-lactamase-inhibitory activity and are of value as drugs for human beings and domesticated animals.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## are useful as intermediates in preparing 1-sulfo-2-oxoazetidine compounds having the carbamoyloxymethyl group at the 4-position. The final product compounds have antimicrobial and/or .beta.-lactamase-inhibitory activity and are of value as drugs for human beings and domesticated animals.

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds of the general formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is amino, an acylated amino or a protected amino group, X is hydrogen or methoxy, and R' is hydrogen, R or R.sup.4 wherein R is an organic residue attached to the azetidine ring through a carbon atom therein and R.sub.4 is azido, a halogen, an amino group which may optionally be acylated or a group of the formula --OR.sub.5, ##STR2## or --S--S--R.sub.5 wherein R.sub.5 is an organic residue and n is 0, 1 or 2, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof.The compounds have antimicrobial and/or .beta.-lactamase-inhibitory activity and are of value as drugs for human beings and domesticated animals.