Abstract: Novel sulfoxide derivatives having the formula (I) 5 or (V) show a gastric acid-secretion inhibitory effect: ##STR1## wherein each of R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, phenyl, phenylalkyl or cycloalkyl, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 may form together with the adjacent N atom a heterocyclic group; each of R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.4a, R.sup.4b, R.sup.5, R.sup.6, and R.sup.7 is hydrogen, halogen, lower alkoxy, lower alkyl, trifluoromethyl, or fluorine atom-containing lower alkoxy; Y is CH or N; and Z is unsubstituted or substituted 2-pyridine or 2-aminophenyl.

Abstract: Disclosed are novel imidazole derivatives having the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1-6 carbon atoms, R.sup.2 is an alkyl group having 2-6 carbon atoms substituted with an alkoxy group having 1-4 carbon atoms, each of R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 independently is hydrogen, a halogen, an alkyl group having 1-6 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1-6 carbon atoms, a fluorine-substituted alkyl group having 1-6 carbon atoms, or a fluorine-substituted alkoxy group having 1-6 carbon atoms. The new imidazole derivatives are effective particularly as anti-ulcer agents.

Abstract: Disclosed are novel imidazole derivatives having the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, aralkyl or halogen-substituted alkyl, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are combined to form a heterocyclic ring; R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 are H, halogen, alkoxy, aralkyloxy, alkyl, alkoxycarbonyl, nitro, amino, acyl, fluorine substituted-alkyl, or fluorine substituted-alkoxy, or R.sup.3 is combined with R.sup.2 to form a heterocyclic ring; R.sup.8 and R.sup.9 are H, halogen, alkoxy, alkyl, alkoxycarbonyl, nitro, amino, acyl, fluorine substituted-alkyl, fluorine substituted-alkoxy, or aryl group which may have a substituent, or R.sup.8 and R.sup.9 are combined to form an alicyclic ring; R.sup.7 is, where R.sup.8 and R.sup.9 are not combined, H, and, where R.sup.8 and R.sup.9 are combined, H, alkyl which may have a substituent, aryl which may have a substituent, arylcarbonyl which may have a substituent, or a sulfur-containing heterocyclic group; and n is 0 or 1.

Abstract: Sulfoxide derivatives having the formula (I) or (V) show a gastric acid-secretion inhibitory effect: ##STR1## wherein each of R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 is hydrogen, lower alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, phenyl, phenylalkyl or cycloalkyl, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 may form together with the adjacent N atom a heterocyclic group; each of R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.4a, R.sup.4b, R.sup.5, R.sup.6, and R.sup.7 is hydrogen, halogen, lower alkoxy, lower alkyl, trifluoromethyl, or fluorine atom-containing lower alkoxy; Y is CH or N; and Z is unsubstituted or substituted 2-pyridine or 2-aminophenyl.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel pyrimidine derivatives of the general formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents a pyrazolyl, imidazolyl, or triazolyl group, R.sup.2 represents hydrogen atom or lower alkyl group, R.sup.3 represents a halo, amino, lower alkoxy, pyrazolyl, imidazolyl, triazolyl, piperidinyl, or aryloxy group, one of X or Y represents N and the other of X or Y represents CH, and the salts thereof.These derivatives may be used in the treatment of peptic ulcer disease.

Abstract: A method of protecting gastrointestinal tract in a mammal from the untoward, non-gastric-acid-induced effects of exposure to gastrointestinally injuruous agents, which comprises administering orally to said mammal a non-antisecretory amount of a benzimidazole derivative having the formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is the hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 8 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group, phenyl group or aralkyl group, R.sup.2 is the hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 together with the adjacent nitrogen atom forms a ring, and each of R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 independently is the hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, the trifluoromethyl group, a lower alkyl group, a lower alkoxy group, a lower alkoxycarbonyl group or an amino group.

Abstract: An N-acylcarnosine aluminum salt of the formula, ##STR1## wherein R represents a lower alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a phenyl group or a lower alkoxy group-substituted phenyl group, and n is an integer of 1 to 3 is effective for use as a digestive ulcer-remedying or anti-ulcer agent.

Abstract: Novel farnesylacetic acid amide compounds represented by general formula ##STR1## wherein A is alkylene of at least 2 carbon atoms, R.sup.1 is H or lower alkyl, and R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are each independently H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, aryl or aralkyl, or either one of R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 is such a group that forms, together with A, a piperidine or pyrrolidine ring which contains as constituent thereof the nitrogen atom lying therebetween, or R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 combinedly represent a group which forms, together with the nitrogen atom to which they are bonded, a piperidine, pyrrolidine or piperazine ring; and salts thereof have antiulcerogenic and antibacterial activities.

Abstract: Novel farnesylacetic acid ester derivatives containing an amine nitrogen in the alcohol residue thereof and represented by the following general formula exhibit high levels of antiulcerogenic activity and very low levels of toxicity: ##STR1## wherein A is an alkylene radical containing at least 2 carbon atoms; R.sup.1 is H, alkyl, cycloalkyl, aryl, aralkyl or alkenyl; R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are independently H, alkyl, aryl, aralkyl or alkenyl or one of R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 forms, together with A, a piperidine, pyrrolidine, tetrahydropyrimidine or piperazine ring which contains the nitrogen atom lying therebetween or R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 combine to form, together with the adjacent nitrogen atom, a piperazine ring; provided that the total number of carbon atoms contained in A, R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 is at least 5.

Abstract: Gastric lesions induced by anti-inflammatory agents such as aspirin and indomethacin are prevented by the administration of amino acids. An anti-inflammatory composition comprising an anti-inflammatory agent and an amino acid is useful in the treatment of inflammation without inducing the gastric lesions.