Abstract: The present invention provides an agent for inhibiting skin erythema and/or skin pigmentation, containing at least one selected from the group consisting of the carbostyril derivative and salt thereof represented by the general formula, ##STR1## (wherein R.sup.1 is a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group or the like; R.sup.2 is a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a lower alkoxy group or the like; R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are lower alkyl groups which may have hydroxyl groups as substituents or the like; the carbon--carbon bond between 3- and 4-positions in the carbostyril skeleton is a single bond or double bond).

Abstract: The present invention provides novel cyclic amide derivatives having activity for protecting against the ultraviolet rays, activity for scavenging active oxygen species and activity for inhibiting the formation of lipid peroxides, which is represented by the following general formula (1): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.2 is a hydroxyl group, a lower alkenyloxy group, a phenyl-lower alkenyloxy group, a cycloalkenyloxy group, a tetrahydropyranyloxy group, a pyridyloxy group, or a lower alkanoyloxy group which may have carboxyl group(s).

Abstract: Disclosed is carbostyril derivatives of the general formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is a halogen, a hydroxyl, lower alkoxy, lower alkyl, lower alkenyloxy, amino, lower-alkanoyl amino or lower alkylthio group, R.sup.2 is a phenyl group which may optionally have one or two substituents, A is a lower alkylene group, and n is an integer of 1 or 2 and wherein the carbon-carbon bond between the positions 3 and 4 of the carbostyril skeleton may be a single bond or a double bond, and salts thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions containing the same for use as a disturbance-of-consciousness improving agent, central nervous system stimulant or sigma receptor agonist.

Abstract: The present invention provides a disturbance-of-consciousness improving agent which is a highly effective and quick remedy and which can be administered orally. The disturbance-of-consciousness improving agent of the invention contains a sigma receptor agonist compound as an active ingredient.

Abstract: Novel 2,3-dihydro-1H-indene derivatives and salts thereof represented by the general formula (1), ##STR1## [wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a phenyl group which may have halogen atoms and/or alkyl groups as the substituents on the phenyl ring; R.sup.3 is a halgoen atom or a lower alkyl group; R.sup.4 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a phenyl-lower alkyl group, a cycloalkyl-lower alkyl group or the like; R.sup.5 is a hydroxyimino group, an alkylamino group or a group of the formula --NHR.sup.8 (wherein R.sup.8 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen-substituted lower alkanoyl group or the like); R.sup.6 is a hydrogen atom or a phenyl group; and R.sup.7 is a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group].

Abstract: Novel 2,3-dihydro-1H-indene derivatives and salts thereof represented by the general formula (1), ##STR1## [wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a phenyl group which may have halogen atoms and/or alkyl groups as the substituents on the phenyl ring; R.sup.3 is a halogen atom or a lower alkyl group; R.sup.4 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a phenyl-lower alkyl group, a cycloalkyl-lower alkyl group or the like; R.sup.5 is a hydroxyimino group, an alkylamino group or a group of the formula --NHR.sup.8 (wherein R.sup.8 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen-substituted lower alkanoyl group or the like); R.sup.6 is a hydrogen atom or a phenyl group; and R.sup.7 is a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group].

Abstract: Novel hydrofluorene derivatives and salts thereof represented by the formula (1) which possess excellent activities for improving anoxemic and hypoxic symptoms and syndromes accompanied therewith, therefore said derivatives are useful as cerebral activators, preventive agents for arrhythmia and heart failure caused by the shortage of oxygen and others. Furthermore, said hydrofluorene derivatives and salts thereof possess actions for scavenging active oxygen radicals, therefore, the derivatives are useful prophylactic and treating agents for various disturbances and diseases caused by the excessive formation of active oxygen radicals. In addition to the above, the hydrofluorene derivatives are useful as anti-oxidative agents for fats and oils.

Abstract: A novel carbostyril derivative and salt thereof represented by the formula (1) ##STR1## (wherein R is a group of the formula ##STR2## ((wherein R.sup.1 is a C.sub.1- C.sub.3 alkoxy group)), a group of the formula ##STR3## ((wherein R.sup.2 and R .sup.3 are each, at the same time, a chlorine atom, a bromine atom; and R.sup.4 is a hydrogen atom or a chlorine atom)), 2-methyl-3-nitrophenyl group, 3,5-dichlorophenyl group, or a group of the formula ##STR4## ((wherein R.sup.5 is a chlorine atom or a bromine atom; and R.sup.6 is a methyl group)); the carbon-carbon bond between 3- and 4-position in the carbostyril skeleton is a single or double bond).

Abstract: A method for curing and/or improving hypoxia characterized by administering a compound represented by the general formula (1), ##STR1## said compounds have been known in prior art literatures, for example, as carbostyril derivatives in Japanese Patent Kokai No. 54-160389 (1979), etc., as benzoxazine derivatives in Japanese Patent Kokai No. 59-70675 (1984), and as benzoazepine derivatives in Japanese Patent Kokai No. 57-193461 (1982), and they have been known as central nervous system controlling agents and antihistaminic agents.The present invention was established on the basis of the findings that the compounds represented by the general formula (1) possess excellent pharmacological activities for curing and/or improving hypoxia and also possess excellent anti-oxidative activities, which could not have been anticipated from the disclosures in the prior art literatures.

Abstract: Novel 2,3-dihydro-1H-indene derivatives and salts thereof represented by the general formula (1), ##STR1## [wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a phenyl group which may have halogen atoms and/or alkyl groups as the substituents on the phenyl ring; R.sup.3 is a halogen atom or a lower alkyl group; R.sup.4 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a phenyl-lower alkyl group, a cycloalkyl-lower alkyl group or the like; R.sup.5 is a hydroxyimino group, an alkylamino group or a group of the formula --NHR.sup.8 (wherein R.sup.8 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen-substituted lower alkanoyl group or the like); R.sup.6 is a hydrogen atom or a phenyl group; and R.sup.7 is a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group].

Abstract: A prophylactic or therapeutic composition for hepatitis is disclosed comprising a prophylactically or therapeutically effective amount of a sesquiterpene compound represented by the formula (I) or (II) ##STR1## or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof as an active ingredient, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.

Abstract: Carbostyril derivatives having antihistaminic action and central nervous controlling action are useful as antihistaminic agents or central nervous controlling agents. The derivatives are represented by the general formula, ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 4 carbon atoms, an alkynyl group having 2 to 4 carbon atoms or a phenylalkyl group, an alkylene group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms; R.sup.2 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a phenyl group; R.sup.3 is a hydrogen atom, a hydroxy group, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an alkanoyloxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a 3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoyloxy group; R.sup.4 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; R.sup.

Abstract: Indane derivatives and their salts represented by the general formula (1), ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is an amino group which may have lower alkyl groups as the substituents, a hydroxylimino group, an alkanoylamino group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms which may have halogen atoms as the substituents, a lower alkylsulfonylamino group, a phenylsulfonylamino group which may have lower alkyl groups as the substituents on the phenyl ring, a benzoylamino group having lower alkyl groups as the substituents on the phenyl ring, and a phenyl-lower alkylamino group having a hydroxyl groups or a lower alkyl groups as the substituents on the phenyl ring, R.sup.2 is a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a halogen atom, a nitro group, an amino group, an amino-lower alkyl group, a lower alkanoylamino group, a lower alkanoylamino-lower alkyl group which may have halogen atoms as the substituents, a lower alkylthio group, a 1-piperidinesulfonyl group, or a lower alkenyl group; R.sup.

Abstract: Novel 2,3-dihydro-1H-indene derivatives and salts thereof represented by the general formula (1), ##STR1## [wherein R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are each a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a phenyl group which may have halogen atoms and/or alkyl groups as the substituents on the phenyl ring; R.sup.3 is a halogen atom or a lower alkyl group; R.sup.4 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a phenyl-lower alkyl group, a cycloalkyl-lower alkyl group or the like; R.sup.5 is a hydroxyimino group, an alkylamino group or a group of the formula --NHR.sup.8 (wherein R.sup.8 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen-substituted lower alkanoyl group or the like); R.sup.6 is a hydrogen atom or a phenyl group; and R.sup.7 is a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group].

Abstract: Carbostyril derivatives having antihistamic action and central nervous controlling action are useful as antihistamic agents or central nervous controlling agents. The derivatives are represented by the general formula, ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 4 carbon atoms, an alkynyl group having 2 to 4 carbon atoms or a phenylalkyl group having an alkylene group containing 1 to 4 carbon atoms; R.sup.2 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a phenyl group; R.sup.3 is a hydrogen atom, a hydroxy group, an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, an alkanolyoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a 3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoyloxy group; R.sup.4 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms; R.sup.

Abstract: Novel carbostyril derivatives and their salts having antihistaminic effects and are useful as antihistaminic agents, represented by the general formula (1), ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is a hydrogen atom, a lower alkenyl group, a lower alkynyl group or a lower alkyl group which may have phenyl group(s) as the substituted group(s); R.sup.2 is a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group or a phenyl group; R.sup.3 is a lower alkyl group having phenyl group(s) as the substituted group(s), or a phenyl group which may have 1 to 3 substituted groups selected from the group consisting of halogen atoms, lower alkyl groups and lower alkoxy groups; R.sup.4 is a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group or a lower alkanoyl group; X is a halogen atom; Y is a lower alkylene group which may have hydroxyl group(s) as the substituent(s); n is 0, 1 or 2; the carbon-carbon bond between 3- and 4-positions in the carbostyril skeleton is a single or double bond; provided that when R.sup.

Abstract: A sesquiterpene derivative expressed by the general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group or a lower alkanoyl group; R.sup.2 and R.sup.3, which may be the same or different, each represents a formyl group, a hydroxymethyl group, a hydroxyl group, a carboxyl group, a lower alkanoyloxymethyl group, or a group of the formula --CH.dbd.CR.sup.7 R.sup.8, wherein R.sup.7 and R.sup.8, which may be the same or different, each represents a hydrogen atom, a cyano group, a lower alkoxycarbonyl group or a carboxyl group, or R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 may combine to form a lactone ring of the formula ##STR2## in which R.sup.9 represents a hydrogen atom or a hydroxyl group; R.sup.4 and R.sup.6, which may be the same or different, each represents a hydroxyl group or a lower alkanoyloxy group; R.sup.5 represents a hydrogen atom; R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 may together form an oxo group (.dbd.O); and R.sup.4 and R.sup.

Abstract: 3,4-Dihydrocarbostyril derivatives represented by the formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 represents an alkylcarbonyl group, a cycloalkylcarbonyl group, an alkylsulfonyl group, a phenylsulfonyl group, a carbamoyl group or an alkoxycarbonyl group, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3, which may be the same or different, each represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a phenylalkyl group or a phenoxyalkyl group, or R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 can form, when taken together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached, a heterocyclic group selected from the group consisting of piperidino, pyrrolidino, morpholino and 1-piperazinyl which may be substituted with a phenyl group or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, with the proviso that, when the group --NHR.sub.1 is attached to the 8-position of the 3,4-dihydrocarbostyril nucleus in which R.sub.1 represents an alkylcarbonyl group and one of R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 represents a hydrogen atom, then the other group of R.sub.2 and R.sub.

Abstract: The present invention provides a heterocyclic compound represented by the general formula (1): The compound of the present invention has a wide treatment spectrum for mental disorders including central nervous system disorders, no side effects and high safety.