Abstract: The present invention provides a piperidine compound represented by Formula (I) (wherein X1, X2, X2, A, B and N are as defined in the Description); or a salt thereof.

Abstract: This invention relates to a piperazine compound represented by Formula (I), wherein R1 is c1-6 alkyl; R2 is hydroxy, c1-6 alkyl that may have one or more substituents, —(C?O)—N(R2)(R4), or —(C?O)—OR5; R3 and R4 are the same or different, and each represents hydrogen or c1-6 alkyl that may have one or more substituents, or R3 and R4, taken together with a nitrogen atom to which R3 and R4 are attached, may form a saturated heterocyclic group; R5 is hydrogen or c1-6 alkyl that may have one or more 15 substituents; and n is 1 or 2; or a salt thereof.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a sleep quality improving agent which has a sufficient sleep quality improving effect, can exert makes the effect even through oral administration in any dosage form, and has ensured safety to the body. That is, the present invention provides: a sleep quality improving agent which contains a stilbene-based compound and/or an olive extract as an active ingredient, and a sleep quality improving composition which contains the sleep quality improving agent.

Abstract: This invention relates to a piperazine compound represented by Formula (I), wherein R1 is C1-6 alkyl; R2 is hydroxy, C1-6 alkyl that may have one or more substituents, —(C?O)—N(R3)(R4), or —(C?O)—OR5; R3 and R4 are the same or different, and each represents hydrogen or C1-6 alkyl that may have one or more substituents, or R3 and R4, taken together with a nitrogen atom to which R3 and R4 are attached, may form a saturated heterocyclic group; R5 is hydrogen or C1-6 alkyl that may have one or more substituents; and n is 1 or 2; or a salt thereof.

Abstract: An object is to provide a sleep quality improving agent that can sufficiently exert the effect of improving the quality of sleep and ensures safety for the body. A sleep quality improving agent containing, as an effective ingredient, a plant of the Fraxinus genus such as Fraxinus excelsior L., an extract thereof, Larix sibirica extract, dihydroquercetin, dihydrokaempferol, or naringenin, and a sleep quality improving composition containing the sleep quality improving agent are provided.

Abstract: An object is to provide a sleep quality improving agent that has a sufficient effect of improving the quality of sleep, can exert the effect regardless of the form of administration, even by oral administration, and ensures safety for the body. A sleep quality improving agent containing an S-adenosylmethionine-containing yeast as an effective ingredient and a sleep quality improving composition containing the sleep quality improving agent are provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides a piperazine compound represented by Formula (I) or a salt thereof, wherein X represents CH or an N atom; R1 represents C1-6 alkyl; R2 represents C1-6 alkyl that may have one or more substituents, C2-6 alkenyl that may have one or more substituents, —(C?O)—N(R3)(R4), or —(C?O)—OR5, R3 and R4 are the same or different, and each represents hydrogen or C1-6 alkyl that may have one or more substituents; or R3 and R4, taken together with a nitrogen atom to which R3 and R4 are attached, may form a saturated heterocyclic group; and R5 represents hydrogen or C1-6 alkyl that may have one or more substituents or aralkyl.

Abstract: This invention relates to a piperazine compound represented by Formula (I), wherein R1 is c1-6 alkyl; R2 is hydroxy, c1-6 alkyl that may have one or more substituents, —(C=0)-N(R2)(R4), or —(C=0)-0R5; R3 and R4 are the same or different, and each represents hydrogen or c1-6 alkyl that may have one or more substituents, or R3 and R4, taken together with a nitrogen atom to which R3 and R4 are attached, may form a saturated heterocyclic group; R5 is hydrogen or c1-6 alkyl that may have one or more 15 substituents; and n is 1 or 2; or a salt thereof.

Abstract: Muscle degenerative diseases can be detected in the early stage and the therapeutic efficacy of a therapeutic agent and/or a therapy method for the diseases can be determined by measuring 11,15-dioxo-9?-hydroxy-2,3,4,5-tetranorprostan-1,20-dioic acid (referred to as “Tetranor-PGDM”, hereinbelow) in a sample isolated from a subject.

Abstract: A method is provided for diagnosis of the severity of a condition in an eosinophilic inflammatory disease such as nasal polyp and for prediction of the recurrence of the disease.

Abstract: The present invention provides a piperidine compound represented by Formula (I) (wherein X1, X2, X2, A, B and N are as defined in the Description); or a salt thereof.

Abstract: The present invention provides a piperazine compound represented by Formula (I) or a salt thereof, wherein X represents CH or an N atom; R1 represents C1-6 alkyl; R2 represents C1-6 alkyl that may have one or more substituents, C2-6 alkenyl that may have one or more substituents, —(C?O)—N(R3)(R4), or —(C?O)—OR5, R3 and R4 are the same or different, and each represents hydrogen or C1-6 alkyl that may have one or more substituents; or R3 and R4, taken together with a nitrogen atom to which R3 and R4 are attached, may form a saturated heterocyclic group; and R5 represents hydrogen or C1-6 alkyl that may have one or more substituents or aralkyl.

Abstract: This invention relates to a piperazine compound represented by Formula (I), wherein R1 is C1-6 alkyl; R2 is hydroxy, C1-6 alkyl that may have one or more substituents, —(C?O)—N(R3)(R4), or —(C?O)—OR5; R3 and R4 are the same or different, and each represents hydrogen or C1-6 alkyl that may have one or more substituents, or R3 and R4, taken together with a nitrogen atom to which R3 and R4 are attached, may form a saturated heterocyclic group; R5 is hydrogen or C1-6 alkyl that may have one or more substituents; and n is 1 or 2; or a salt thereof.

Abstract: Muscle degenerative diseases can be detected in the early stage and the therapeutic efficacy of a therapeutic agent and/or a therapy method for the diseases can be determined by measuring 11,15-dioxo-9?-hydroxy-2,3,4,5-tetranorprostan-1,20-dioic acid (referred to as “Tetranor-PGDM”, hereinbelow) in a sample isolated from a subject.

Abstract: The present invention provides a benzimidazole compound represented by Formula (I) wherein X1 is oxygen or carbonyl, and R1 is a furan ring having 1 to 3 substituents or a pyrrole ring that may have 1 to 3 substituents; excluding compounds represented by Formula (I) wherein at least one of the substituents is a phosphoric acid group or a phosphoric ester group; or a salt thereof. The benzimidazole compound or salt thereof has excellent prostaglandin synthase inhibitory activity, and is useful as an agent for preventing and/or treating diseases in which prostaglandin D2 or metabolites thereof participates, such as allergic and inflammatory diseases, and as inhibitor for the exacerbation of Alzheimer's disease or cerebral damage.

Abstract: The invention provides a sleep-improving agent and a sedative agent containing, as an active ingredient, oxypinnatanine or its derivative represented by the following chemical formula (I):

Abstract: A method for diagnosis of the severity of a condition in an eosinophilic inflammatory disease such as nasal polyp or for prediction of the recurrence of the disease, the method comprising detecting H-PGDS induced by eosinophilic leukocytes accumulated in a lesion or determining pGD2 in a nasal alveolar lavage fluid or Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid

Abstract: The present invention provides a benzimidazole compound represented by Formula (I) wherein X1 is oxygen or carbonyl, and R1 is a furan ring having 1 to 3 substituents or a pyrrole ring that may have 1 to 3 substituents; excluding compounds represented by Formula (I) wherein at least one of the substituents is a phosphoric acid group or a phosphoric ester group; or a salt thereof. The benzimidazole compound or salt thereof has excellent prostaglandin synthase inhibitory activity, and is useful as an agent for preventing and/or treating diseases in which prostaglandin D2 or metabolites thereof participates, such as allergic and inflammatory diseases, and as inhibitor for the exacerbation of Alzheimer's disease or cerebral damage.

Abstract: A method of designing an anti-allergic agent, sleep controlling agent, anti-obesity agent and remedy for brain injury acting via the inhibition of biosynthesis of prostaglandin D2. Crystal of a complex of human origin hematopoietic prostaglandin D synthase, glutathione, and a substrate analog or an inhibitor, etc are prepared and the three-dimensional structural coordinate of each atom in the complex is determined by X-ray crystal analysis.

Abstract: A method of designing an anti-allergic agent, sleep controlling agent, anti-obestic agent and remedy for brain injury acting via the inhibition of biosynthesis of prostaglandin D2. Crystal of a complex of human origin hematopoietic prostaglandin D synthase, glutathione, and a substrate analog or an inhibitor, etc are prepared and the three-dimensional structural coordinate of each atom in the complex is determined by X-ray crystal analysis.