Abstract: This invention provides a compound of the following formula: or the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein Ar is heteroaryl; X1 and X2 are independently selected from halo, C1-C4 alkyl, hydroxy, C1-C4 alkoxy, amino, C1-C4 alkanoyl, carboxy, carbamoyl, cyano, nitro, mercapto, (C1-C4 alkyl)thio, (C1-C4 alkyl)sulfinyl, (C1-C4 alkyl)sulfonyl, aminosulfonyl, or the like; R1 is selected from hydrogen, straight or branched C1-C4 alkyl, C3-C8 cycloalkyl, C4-C8 cycloalkenyl, phenyl , heteroaryl and the like; R2 and R3 are independently selected from hydrogen, halo, C1-C4 alkyl, phenyl and the like; or R1 and R2 can form, together with the carbon atom to which they are attached, a C5-C7 cycloalkyl ring; and m and n are independently 0, 1, 2 or 3. These compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds are useful as analgesics and anti-inflammatory agents.

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: Novel compounds having the ability to inhibit 5-lipoxygenase enzyme and having the following formula I: ##STR1## and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein Ar.sup.1 is a heterocyclic moiety which is selected from imidazolyl, pyrrolyl, pyrazolyl, 1,2,3-triazolyl, 1,2,4-triazolyl, indolyl, indazolyl and benzimidazolyl, which is bonded to X.sup.1 through a ring nitrogen atom, and which may be optionally substituted with one or two substituents selected from halo, hydroxy, cyano, amino, C.sub.1-4 alkyl and the like; X.sup.1 is a direct bond or C.sub.1-4 alkylene; Ar.sup.2 is phenylene optionally substituted with halo, hydroxy, cyano, amino and the like; X.sup.2 is --A--X-- or --X--A-- wherein A is a direct bond or C.sub.1-4 alkylene and X is oxy, thio, sulfinyl or sulfonyl; Ar.sup.3 is phenylene, pyridylene, thienylene, furylene, oxazolylene or thiazolylene optionally substituted with one or two substituents selected from halo, hydroxy, cyano, amino, C.sub.1-4 alkyl and the like; R.sup.1 and R.

Abstract: The present invention provides a compound of formula (I): ##STR1## and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein Ar is phenylene optionally substituted with halo, hydroxy, cyano, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkylthio, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 halo-substituted alkyl or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 halo-substituted alkoxy, X is --A--X.sup.1 -- or --X.sup.2 --A--, where A is a direct bond or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkylene, and X.sup.1 is oxy, thio, sulfinyl or sulfonyl; Ar is phenylene, pyridylene or thienylene optionally substituted with halo, hydroxy, cyano, nitro, amino, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkylthio, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 halo-substituted alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 halo-substituted alkoxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkylamino or di(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)alkylamino; Y is CN or CONR.sup.1 R.sup.2 wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are independently hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl; and R is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl; W is C.sub.2 -C.sub.

Abstract: Novel compounds having the ability to inhibit 5-lipoxygenase enzyme and having the following formula I: ##STR1## and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein Ar.sup.1 is a heterocyclic moiety which is selected from imidazolyl, pyrrolyl, pyrazolyl, 1,2,3-triazolyl, 1,2,4-triazolyl, indolyl, indazolyl and benzimidazolyl, which is bonded to X.sup.1 through a ring nitrogen atom, and which may be optionally substituted with one or two substituents selected from halo, hydroxy, cyano, amino, and C.sub.1-4 alkyl; X.sup.1 is a direct bond or C.sub.1-4 alkylene; Ar.sup.2 is phenylene optionally substituted with halo, hydroxy, cyano, and amino X.sup.2 is --A--X-- or --X--A-- wherein A is a direct bond or C.sub.1-4 alkylene and X is oxy, thio, sulfinyl or sulfonyl; Ar.sup.3 is phenylene, pyridylene, thienylene, furylene, oxazolylene or thiazolylene optionally substituted with one or two substituents selected from halo, hydroxy, cyano, amino and C.sub.1-4 alkyl; R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each C.sub.

Abstract: Certain novel imidazole derivatives having the ability to inhibit the lipoxygenase enzyme and having formula (I), wherein Y is hydrogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkyl, halosubstituted C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, phenyl, substituted phenyl, C.sub.7 -C.sub.14 phenylalkyl, C.sub.7 -C.sub.14 (substituted phenyl)alkyl, pyridyl, substituted pyridyl, C.sub.6 -C.sub.13 pyridylalkyl or C.sub.6 -C.sub.13 (substituted pyridyl)alkyl, wherein each substituent is independently halo, nitro, cyano, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy, halosubstituted C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, halosubstituted C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy, NR.sup.4 R.sup.5, CO.sub.2 R.sup.4 or CONR.sup.4 R.sup.5, wherein R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are each, independently, hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl; Ar.sup.1 and Ar.sup.2 are each, independently, phenylene, mono-substituted phenylene or di-substituted phenylene, wherein the substituents are, independently, halo, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy, halo-substituted C.sub.1 -C.sub.

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.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein A is C1 to C3 alkylene, Ar is phenyl or styryl, R is halosubstituted C1 to C3 alkyl, NHR' or ##STR2## R' is hydrogen or C2 to C8 alkytthioalkyl, n is an integer of from 1 to 4 and p is an integer of from 2 to 5, with the proviso that when R' is hydrogen then Ar is styryl, and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, inhibit the enzyme lipoxygenase and are useful in treating allergy and inflammatory and cardiovascular conditions for which the action of lipoxygenase has been implicated. These compounds form the active ingredient in pharmaceutical compositions for treating such conditions.

Abstract: Compounds of formula I ##STR1## or salts thereof, where R is alkyl, phenyl, phenoxy or substituted phenyl and phenoxy; X is S or O; n is an integer of 1 or 2; A is --CH.sub.2 -- or --CH(CH.sub.3)--; and B is hydrogen or methyl, useful as antiallergy and antiinflammatory agents.

Abstract: This invention relates to certain benzoxazolinones which inhibit lipoxygenase and/or cyclooxygenase enzymes. Such compounds are useful in inhibiting such enzymes, per se, and are useful in treating allergic and inflammatory conditions in a mammal. This invention also relates to methods of inhibiting lipoxygenase and/or cyclooxygenase in a mammal with such benzoxazolinones; methods of treating an allergic condition in a mammal with such compounds; methods of treating an inflammatory condition in a mammal with such compounds; and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the benzoxazolinones hereof.

Abstract: Certain 6-aryl- or 6-heteroaryl- alkylaminobenzoxazolones, and their pharmaceutically-acceptable salts, are dual inhibitors of lipoxygenase and cyclooxygenase enzymes, and so are useful as antiallergy and antiinflammatory agents.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for recognizing characters on a document, even if the document is skewed or not aligned with the axis of a typical segmentation apparatus such as a scanner. A plurality of rectangles are formed surrounding respective character images, with position data for each rectangle stored in a first table in which plural position data of the rectangles are arranged in order from the left-most rectangle to the right-most rectangle in the X direction of the XY coordinates of the image buffer. By determining the rectangles belonging to one character row in the first list and calculating the positions of the bottom left corners of the rectangles, skew of the document is calculated. Vertical positions of the rectangles compensated by the skew in the Y direction are calculated to transfer the position data of the rectangles belonging to the first character row to a second table.

Abstract: Here is disclosed a cell culture tank comprising a cylindrical screen mounted upright within the cell culture tank and having upper and lower openings through which culture medium flows, a pipe for supply of oxygen or oxygen containing gas and an agitator adapted to produce a flow of the culture medium, both the pipe and the agitator being provided within the cylindrical screen, wherein the agitator drives the culture medium to flow downward through the lower opening of the cylindrical screen, then to flow upward into a space defined between the cylindrical screen and the inner wall of the cell culture tank, and a relationship between an ascending velocity of the culture medium and a sinking velocity of the adherent carriers produces in the space between the cylindrical screen and the inner wall of the cell culture tank a floating region within which the adherent carriers float in the culture medium and a separating region within which the adherent carriers are separated from the culture medium.