Abstract: This invention relates to new benzamide derivatives having a vasopressin antagonistic activity, etc, and represented by general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is aryl optionally substituted with lower alkoxy, etc., R.sup.2 is lower alkyl, etc.,R.sup.3 is hydrogen, etc.,R.sup.4 is lower alkoxy, etc.,R.sup.5 is hydrogen, etc.,A is NH, etc.,E is ##STR2## etc., X is --CH.dbd.CH--, --CH.dbd.N--, or S, andY is CH or N,and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, to processes for preparation thereof and to a pharmaceutical composition comprising the same.

Abstract: The present invention is concerned with diaryl compounds of formula (I) and their use in medical therapy, particularly in the prophylaxis or treatment of a clinical condition for which an ACAT inhibitor is indicated, such as hyperlipidaema or atherosclerosis. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions and processes for the preparation of compounds according to the invention.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel fluorobutenyl aminocarboxylates of the formula (I)R--CO--O--CH.sub.2 --CH.sub.2 --CX.dbd.CF.sub.2 (I)in whichX represents hydrogen or halogen andR represents one of the groups ##STR1## (b) R.sup.3 --A--CO--NR.sup.4 --CR.sup.5 R.sup.6 -- or ##STR2## in which A, R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 are each as defined in the description, to processes for their preparation and to their use for controlling animal pests.

Abstract: Methods and compositions for treating CF by mobilizing mutant forms of CFTR, which retain at least some functional activity, to the plasma membrane where they can mediate chloride ion transport are disclosed.

Abstract: A method comprising administering a sulfonamide derivative to a patient requiring activation of glutamate receptors, the sulfonamide derivative represented by the formula ##STR1## wherein A is a napthyl group, a pyridyl group, a phenyl group, a phenyl group substituted by 1 to 5 members selected from the group consisting of a halogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 40 carbon atoms, an alkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, a nitro group, and an acetamido group, or an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms; B is an alkylene group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, a group of --OCH.sub.2 -- or a group of --CH.dbd.CH--; X and Y are the same or different, and are each a hydrogen atom or a fluorine atom; R is a carboxy group, an alkoxycarbonyl group having 2 to 5 carbon atoms, a hydroxymethyl group or a group of ##STR2## wherein R.sub.1 is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms; and R.sub.

Abstract: Aminophenol derivatives represented by the following formula (1): ##STR1## wherein X is O or S; A is alkylene, R.sup.1 is phenyl, etc., R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 are H or alkyl; R.sup.4 is substituted carbamoylalkyl, etc.; R.sup.5 is substituted amino, etc.; their salts, and optical isomers of the derivatives and salts. Also disclosed are gastrin receptor antagonists, cholecystokinin receptor antagonists, and medicines for digestive diseases. The compounds have strong binding inhibition against gastrin receptor or CCK-A receptor and also they have higher selectivity to either group of CCK-A receptor or gastrin receptor, and therefore, the compounds are useful for preventing and treating gastrointestinal diseases including peptic ulcers as well as central nervous system diseases.

Abstract: A method for preventing settlement of aquatic fouling organisms on surface of an aquatic structure without environmental hazard is provided. The method is based upon absolutely novel concept to prevent the settlement by means of thick slime layer, i.e. bio-jelly, deposited on said surface. The present invention also provides a bio-jelly producing agent and a bio-jelly producing paint both useful for the present method. Further, the present invention provides a novel low toxic antifouling agent.

Abstract: Carbamoylcarboxamides of the general formula I ##STR1## and their salts (R.sup.1 is unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl or an unsubstituted or substituted nonaromatic carbo- or heterocycle;R.sup.2 is H or unhalogenated or halogenated alkyl or cycloalkyl;R.sup.3 is unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl or phenylalkyl;R.sup.4 is H or one of the radicals R.sup.3 orR.sup.3 and R.sup.4, together with the C atom to which they are bonded, are an unsubstituted or substituted carbo- or heterocycle;R.sup.5 independently of these is one of the radicals R.sup.2 ;X independently of one another is hydrogen, unsubstituted or substituted alkyl and/or alkenyl;Y independently of one another and of these is one of the radicals X;p,q independently of one another are 0, 1 or 2;R.sup.

Abstract: A therapeutic method is provided to treat an eosinophil-associated pathology, such as bronchial asthma, by administering to a mammal in need of such treatment, an effective amount of at least one topical anesthetic, such as lidocaine, with an effective amount of one or more glucocorticoids, or the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.

Abstract: Methods and compositions for treating CF by mobilizing mutant forms of CFTR, which retain at least some functional activity, to the plasma membrane where they can mediate chloride ion transport are disclosed.

Abstract: A preparation suitable for sustained and extended corneal analgesia and for repeated administration consisting of ultralow nontoxic subanaesthetic concentrations of local anesthetic agents. A method for corneal analgesia has a fast onset of pain relief and extended duration of the corneal analgesia for several months without accompanying toxic symptoms by administering to a patient an ophthalmic analgesic solution containing a local anesthetic agent in subanesthetic concentration.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a 2,3-diaminopropionic acid derivative of the formula (1): ##STR1## or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The compounds of the present invention are useful as a platelet aggregation inhibitor, a cancer metastasis inhibitor, a wound healing agent or a bone resorption inhibitor.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use in the treatment of cognitive disorders associated with the aging processes of the brain and perinatal brain disorders of compounds which act as inhibitors of the enzyme kynurenine aminotransferase (KAT).

Abstract: The present invention relates, by way of novel industrial products, to compounds which are structurally related to 15-deoxyspergualin and which have the formula ##STR1## in which: A is a single bond, a group --CH.sub.2 --, a group --CH.sub.2 O--, a group --CH.sub.2 NH--, a group --CH(OH)--, a group --CHF-- or a group --CH(OCH.sub.3)--, andn is equal to 6 or 8,and their addition salts.These novel compounds are useful especially as immunosuppressants. The invention further relates to the method of preparing said compounds.

Abstract: A therapeutic method is provided to treat eosinophil-associated hypersensitivity diseases, such as bronchial asthma, by locally administering to a mammal in need of such treatment, an effective amount of a topical anesthetic, such as lidocaine, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.

Abstract: Amidinophenol derivatives of the formula (I) ##STR1## wherein the various symbols are as defined herein; which have inhibitory activities on PLA.sub.2 and on various proteases such as trypsin, plasmin, thrombin, kallikrein, especially trypsin, and are useful for the prevention and/or the treatment of various inflammatory diseases, allergic diseases, disseminated intravascular coagulation, pancreatitis, severity in pancreatitis and multiple organ failure.

Abstract: A method for sustained and extended corneal analgesia by repeated administration of ophthalmic analgesic solutions or preparations containing ultralow nontoxic subanesthetic concentrations of local anesthetic agents. A method for corneal analgesia has a fast onset of pain relief and extended duration of the corneal analgesia for several months without accompanying toxic symptoms by administering to a patient an ophthalmic analgesic solution containing a local anesthetic agent in ultralow concentration between about 0.001% and about 0.05%.

Abstract: The present invention provides an agricultural or horticultural fungicide including an effective amount of an amino-acid derivative represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents a lower alkyl group (optionally having at least one same or different substituent of a halogen atom, an alkoxy group, and a cyano group), R.sup.2 represents an ethyl group, or an n-propyl group, R.sup.3 represents a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group, R.sup.4 represents a hydrogen atom, R.sup.5, R.sup.6, and R.sup.7 independently represent a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group, R.sup.8 represents a hydrogen atom, or a lower alkyl group, Z.sup.1 and Z.sup.2 independently represent an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, Z.sup.3 represents an oxygen atom, or a sulfur atom, Q represents a phenyl group, m represents an integer from 0 to 2, and n represents 0 or 1.

Abstract: Monofucosylated and monosialyated derivatives of the compound .beta.Gal(1-4).beta.GlcNAc(1-3).beta.Gal(1-4).beta.GlcNAc-OR, where R is hydrogen, a saccharide, an oligosaccharide or an aglycon moiety have been found to be useful in modulating a cell-mediated immune inflammatory response in mammals.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use in the treatment of cognitive disorders associated with the aging processes of the brain and perinatal brain disorders of compounds which act as inhibitors of the enzyme kynurenine aminotransferase (KAT).The present invention also provides, as novel compounds, a selected class of KAT inhibitors which are the compounds of formula (IA) ##STR1## wherein R is halogen, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, C.sub.5 -C.sub.7 cycloalkyl, phenyl-C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkyl, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkoxy, C.sub.6 -C.sub.10 aryloxy, phenyl-C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxy or trifluoromethyl, andR.sub.1 is hydroxy, C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkoxy, amino, mono-C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkylamino, di-C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkylamino, hydroxylamino, C.sub.1 -C.sub.4 alkoxyamino or benzyloxyamino; with the provisos that(i) when R.sub.1 is hydroxy and, at the same time, R is halogen, then this halogen is not fluorine; and(ii) when R.sub.1 is hydroxy and, at the same time, R is C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, then this C.sub.1 -C.sub.

Abstract: New soft .beta.-adrenergic blocking agents, useful in the treatment or prevention of cardiovascular disorders and in the treatment of glaucoma, have the formula ##STR1## wherein n is an integer from 0 to 10; R is C.sub.6 -C.sub.12 cycloalkyl-C.sub.p H.sub.2p --, C.sub.6 -C.sub.18 polycycloalkyl-C.sub.p H.sub.2p --, C.sub.6 -C.sub.18 polycycloalkenyl-C.sub.p H.sub.2p -- or C.sub.6 -C.sub.12 cycloalkenyl-C.sub.p H.sub.2p -- (wherein p is 0, 1, 2 or 3), or together with the adjacent ##STR2## group represents a variety of other complex ester groupings; R.sub.1 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.7 alkyl; and Ar is a divalent radical containing at least one aromatic nucleus. The corresponding pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts are also described.

Abstract: There are disclosed hydrazone derivatives of the general formula [I]: ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is halogen, etc.; R.sup.2 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, etc.; R.sup.3 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, etc.; R.sup.4 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, etc.; R.sup.5 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, etc.; R.sup.6 is hydrogen or C.sub.1 -C.sub.6 alkyl, etc.; A is (CH.sub.2).sub.t, O, S(O).sub.n, etc.; a is an integer of 1 to 4; n is an integer of 0 to 2; and t is an integer of 1 to 3; as well as production processes therefor, insecticides and/or acaricides containing the same as an active ingredient and intermediate compounds thereof.

Abstract: Oxime ethers of the formula ##STR1## wherein m, G, R, R.sup.1, X, Y, and Z are as defined herein and fungicides containing these compounds.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein m is zero or 1; n is zero, 1 or 2; p is zero or 1 to 6 provided that m and p are not both zero; R.sub.3 is hydrogen, acyl, or benzyl; and R.sub.1 is hydrogen, alkyl, phenyl, substituted phenyl, phenyl-alkylene, heterocyclic-alkylene, etc. These compounds are useful as cardiovascular agents.

Abstract: Disclosed are methods for the preparation of monofucosylated and sialylated derivatives of the compound .beta.Gal(1-4).beta.GlcNAc(1-3).beta.Gal(1-4).beta.GlcNAc-OR. In particular, the methods of this invention provide for a multi-step synthesis wherein selective monofucosylation is accomplished on the 3-hydroxy group on only one of the GlcNAc units found in the .beta.Gal(1-4) .beta.GlcNAc (1-3) .beta.Gal (1-4) .beta.GlcNAc-OR compound. In this step, monofucosylation is achieved by use of the .alpha.(1-3)fucosyltransferase.

Abstract: A method and a composition for treating or reducing and/or controlling intraocular pressure comprising administering an effective amount of a renin inhibiting compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein A is a substituent; W is CO or CHOH and U is CH.sub.2 or NR.sub.2 wherein R.sub.2 is hydrogen or loweralkyl; with the proviso that when W is CHOH then U is CH.sub.2 ; R.sub.1 is loweralkyl, cycloalkylmethyl, benzyl, (alpha, alpha) -dimethylbenzyl, 4-hydroxybenzyl, 4-methoxybenzyl, halobenzyl, (1-naphthyl)methyl, (2-naphthyl)methyl, 1-benzyloxyethyl, phenethyl, phenoxy, thiophenoxy or anilino; R.sub.3 is loweralkyl, loweralkenyl, ((alkoxy)alkoxy)loweralkyl, (thioalkoxy)alkyl, benzyl or heterocyclic ring substituted methyl; and R.sub.4 is substituted hydroxyalkylamino.

Abstract: A salt-excretion promoting composition, characterized by containing (i) 10 parts by weight of agar and (ii) 1 to 15 parts by weight of at least one polysaccharide selected from the group consisting of sodium alginate, .lambda.- and .kappa.-carrageenan and xanthane gum.

Abstract: A method for treating a medical patient prior to or during heart trauma, e.g., myocardial infarction, angina and ischemia. An effective dosage of pyruvate is introduced into the patient to increase the patient's cardiac output and stroke volume, to decrease the patient's heart rate and to reduce the oxygen demand of the patient's heart. The dosage may be introduced intravenously into the patient or orally as a component of the patient's diet. The oral feeding method is especially useful for surgical patients prior to surgical procedures which are likely to encourage cardiac trauma and useful for patients exhibiting symptoms of chronic congestive heart failure.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 is hydrogen or methyl, R.sup.2 is ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, imidazol-2-yl, imidazol-4-yl, pyrazol-3-yl, thiazol-4-yl, thien-2-yl, ethoxycarbonyl, t-butylcarbonylmethyl, benzyloxycarbonylmethyl or t-butoxy, R.sup.3 is isobutyl, cyclohexylmethyl or benzyl, R.sup.4 is nitro, amino or a group of the formula --N(R.sup.5)(R.sup.6) and A is one of the groups ##STR2## wherein R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 is alkyl or alkoxyalkyl; or optionally substituted phenyl, phenylalkyl or phenylsulfonylalkyl among others with the proviso that A is not group (b) when R.sup.6 is alkanoyl, alkoxycarbonyl or arylalkoxycarbonyl, the dotted line can be an additional bond, R.sup.7 is phenyl or substituted phenyl and R.sup.8 is hydrogen or organocarbonylalkyl, with the proviso that R.sup.8 is not alkoxycarbonylamino or arylalkoxycarbonylamino when R.sup.7 is phenyl, benzyl or .alpha.

Abstract: The compounds are ethanolamine benzoate compounds useful for the treatment of syndrome X, and of hypertension in patients who are insulin resistant or have one or more metabolic anomalies.A compound disclosed is S-1-(m-trifluoromethylphenyl)-2-{.beta.-{4-[2-(N-(3,3-diphenylpropionyl)am ino)ethyl] benzoyloxy}ethylamino} propane.

Abstract: Mercapto-acylamino acids useful in the treatment of hypertension and combinations of mercapto-acylamino acids and atrial natriuretic factors or angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors useful for treating hypertension are disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention is novel substituted .alpha.-amino acids, pharmaceutical compositions, methods of use, and preparations therefore having utility for treating disorders which benefit from blockade of aspartate and glutamate receptors.

Abstract: Compounds of formula ##STR1## (wherein R, R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, n, m and p have the meanings reported in the specification), their preparation and the compositions for pharmaceutical use containing them as active ingredient are described.The compounds of formula I have dopaminergic vasodilator activity and they may be used in pharmaceutical field.

Abstract: New soft .beta.-adrenergic blocking agents, useful in the treatment or prevention of cardiovascular disorders and in the treatment of glaucoma, have the formula ##STR1## wherein n is an integer from 0 to 10; R is C.sub.6 -C.sub.12 cycloalkyl-C.sub.p H.sub.2p -, C.sub.6 -C.sub.18 polycycloalkyl-C.sub.p H.sub.2p -, C.sub.6 -C.sub.18 polycycloalkenyl-C.sub.p H.sub.2p - or C.sub.6 -C.sub.12 cycloalkenyl-C.sub.p H.sub.2p - (wherein p is 0, 1, 2 or 3), or together with the adjacent ##STR2## group represents a variety of other complex ester groupings; R.sub.1 is C.sub.1 -C.sub.7 alkyl; and Ar is a divalent radical containing at least one aromatic nucleus. The corresponding pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salts are also described.

Abstract: Novel compounds of formula (I), salts, solvates and hydrates thereof: ##STR1## in which: R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are independently hydrogen; alkyl; alkoxy; halogen; or CF.sub.3 ;R.sub.3 is hydrogen; acyl, such as ##STR2## where Z is optionally substituted aryl; or a group R--S-- where R is an organic residue such that the group R--S-- provides an in vivo-cleavable disulphide bond;R.sub.4 is C.sub.3-6 alkyl;R.sub.5 is hydrogen; alkyl; --CH.sub.2 --R.sub.10 where R.sub.10 is optionally substituted phenyl or heteroaryl; or a group ##STR3## where R.sub.11 is hydrogen; alkyl; or --CH.sub.2 --Ph is optionally substituted phenyl; and R.sub.12 is hydrogen or alkyl; andR.sub.6 is hydrogen; alkyl; or a group ##STR4## where R.sub.13 is hydrogen; or alkyl; and R.sub.14 is hydroxy; alkoxy; or --NR.sub.7a R.sub.8 where each of R.sub.7a and R.sub.8 is hydrogen or alkyl, or R.sub.7a and R.sub.

Abstract: A class of halogen-substituted diphenylsulfide compounds are disclosed which produce a large selective inhibition of serotonin uptake in brain. Such compounds are useful in the treatment of depression, anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorders and substance abuse disorders such as alcoholism.

Abstract: A guanidinobenzoic ester derivative having the formula is novel and effective to inhibit enzymes such as trypsin, plasmin and thrombin, being useful for treatment of the pancreatitis and hemorrhagic disease and thrombosis. ##STR1## wherein X represents a group of the formula: ##STR2## in which Y is a group of the formula: --(CH.sub.2).sub.m --, m being an integer of 2 or 3, ##STR3## or a group of the formula:--ORin which R is a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group, and n represents an integer of 1 to 5.

Abstract: Compounds of formula ##STR1## (wherein R, R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, n, m, and p have the meanings reported in the specification), their preparation and the compositions for pharmaceutical use containing them as active ingredient are described.The compounds of formula I have dopaminergic vasodilator activity and they may be used in pharmaceutical field.

Abstract: Mevinolin-like compounds in which the lactone is opened and the hydroxyl function produced thereby is replaced by an oxo function are potent HMG-CoA reductase inhibitors possessing one less asymmetric center.

Abstract: Ester derivatives of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) and GABA analogues which cross the blood-brain barrier are disclosed, as well as methods of synthesizing and using the compounds.The ester derivatives have the formula: ##STR1## where A is a radical compound having at least one esterifiable OH group; n varies from one to the total number of esterifiable OH group contained in A; and R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4 are hydrogen or a substituent.

Abstract: New pharmacologically active amidino and guanidino derivatives which are 5-HT.sub.3 receptor antagonists useful as antiemetic, gastric prokinetic and antimigrainic agents of the following general formula (I) ##STR1## , wherein the substituents are defined hereinbelow, which compounds are 5-HT.sub.3 receptor antagonists useful as antiemetic gastric prokinetic and antimigraine agents, inter alia.

Abstract: A method and a composition for treating or reducing and/or controlling intraocular pressure comprising administering an effective amount of a renin inhibiting compound of the formula: ##STR1## where A is a substituent; W is CO or CHOH and U is CH.sub.2 or NR.sub.2 wherein R.sub.2 is hydrogen or loweralkyl; with the proviso that when W is CHOH then U is Ch.sub.2 ; R.sub.1 is loweralkyl, cycloalkyl methyl, benzyl, (alpha, alpha)-dimethylbenzyl, 4-hydroxybenzyl, 4-methoxybenzyl, halobenzyl, (1-naphthyl)methyl, (2-naphthyl)methyl, 1-bezyloxyethyl, phenethyl, phenoxy, thiophenoxy or anilino; R.sub.3 is loweralkyl, loweralkenyl, ((alkoxy)alkoxy)loweralkyl, (thioalkoxy)alkyl, benzyl or heterocyclic ring substituted methyl; and R.sub.4 is substituted hydroxyalkyamino.

Abstract: Hydrocinnamic acid derivatives of the formula ##STR1## wherein one or two of the symbols R.sup.1 to R.sup.4 are halogen or methoxy and the others are hydrogen;R.sup.5 is hydrogen or phenyl;R.sup.6 is a residue of the formula ##STR2## R.sup.7 is (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)-alkyl, (C.sub.2 -C.sub.5)-alkanoylamino-(C.sub.2 -C.sub.5)-alkyl, amino or (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)-alkoxyphenyl;R.sup.8 and R.sup.9 each, independently, are hydrogen or (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)-alkyl;R.sup.10 is hydrogen and R.sup.11 is hydroxy or R.sup.10 and R.sup.11 taken together are oxo;R.sup.12 is hydrogen, (C.sub.1 -C.sub.10)-alkyl, pyridylmethyl or carbamoylmethyl;R.sup.13 is hydrogen, (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)-alkyl and R.sup.14 is hydrogen, (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)-alkyl, pyridyl, phenyl-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)-alkyl, carboxy-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)-alkyl, carbamoyl-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)-alkyl, (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)-alkoxycarbonyl-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)-alkyl, di-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)-alkoxycarbonyl-(C.sub.2 -C.sub.5)-alkyl, piperidino-(C.sub.2 -C.sub.

Abstract: Disclosed are novel 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutarylcoenzyme A reductase inhibitors useful as antihypercholesterolemic agents represented by the formula ##STR1## and the corresponding ring-opened hydroxy acids and esters derived therefrom and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof.Pharmaceutical compositions containing said compounds and method of inhibiting the biosynthesis of cholesterol therewith are also disclosed.

Abstract: Lipophilic quaternary ammonium salicylate, characterized in that it corresponds to the formula: ##STR1## in which: (i) R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3 and R.sub.4, which may be identical or different, denote an alkyl or alkylcycloalkyl radical, optionally substituted or interrupted;(ii) R.sub.3 and/or R.sub.4 denote(s) a group:R.sub.8 [OC.sub.2 H.sub.3 R.sub.7 ].sub.n [OCH.sub.2 CHOH--CH.sub.2 ].sub.pin which 0.ltoreq.n.ltoreq.4 and p denotes 0 or 1; R.sub.8 denotes H or an alkyl, alkenyl, alkylcycloalkyl or alkylaryl radical;(iii) R.sub.4 denotes an alkylphenyl radical;(iv), (v) R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 can form a saturated or unsaturated aromatic or non-aromatic heterocycle;(vi) R.sub.1, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 form polycyclic derivatives with the nitrogen atoms; R.sub.5 denotes a group corresponding to the formula: ##STR2## in which n is an integer varying between 0 and 10.

Abstract: Oil-in-water emulsions containing polyvinyl alcohol, surfactant and a salt with improved freeze-thaw and elevated temperature storage stability.

Abstract: The present invention relates to 3-aminomethyl derivatives of indane, dihydrobenzofurane, dihydrobenzothiophene, and indoline, acid addition salts thereof, isomers thereof, methods of preparation, pharmaceutical compositions and method of treating CNS-disorders such as schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, depression, anxiety, migraine and senile dementia, or in the cure of cardiovascular diseases, by administering such a derivative.

Abstract: Novel mercapto-acylamino acids useful in the treatment of hypertension and combinations of mercapto-acylamino acids and atrial natriuretic factors or angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors useful for treating hypertension are disclosed.

Abstract: A method and a composition for treating or reducing and/or controlling intraocular pressure comprising administering an effective amount of a renin inhibiting compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein A is a substituent; W is CO or CHOH and U is CH.sub.2 or NR.sub.2 wherein R.sub.2 is hydrogen or loweralkyl; with the proviso that when W is CHOH then U is CH.sub.2 ; R.sub.1 is loweralkyl, cycloalkyl, benzyl, (alpha, alpha)-dimethylbenzyl, 4-hydroxybenzyl, 4-methoxybenzyl, halobenzyl, (1-naphthyl)methyl, (2-naphthyl)methyl, (4-imidazoyl)methyl, phenethyl, 1-benzyloxyethyl, phenoxy, thiophenoxy or anilino; R.sub.3 is loweralkyl, loweralkenyl, ((alkoxy)alkoxy)alkyl, carboxyalkyl, (thioalkoxy)alkyl, benzyl or heterocyclic ring substituted methyl; and R.sub.4 is a substituted amino group; or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or esters thereof.

Abstract: Hydrocinnamic acid derivatives of the formula ##STR1## wherein one or two of the symbols R.sup.1 to R.sup.4 are halogen or methoxy and the others are hydrogen;R.sup.5 is hydrogen or phenyl;R.sup.6 is a residue of the formula ##STR2## R.sup.7 is (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)-alkyl, (C.sub.2 -C.sub.5)-alkanoylamino-(C.sub.2 -C.sub.5)-alkyl, amino or (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)-alkoxyphenyl;R.sup.8 and R.sup.9 each, independently, are hydrogen or (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)-alkyl;R.sup.10 is hydrogen and R.sup.11 is hydroxy or R.sup.10 and R.sup.11 taken together are oxo;R.sup.12 is hydrogen, (C.sub.1 -C.sub.10)-alkyl, pyridylmethyl or carbamoylmethyl;R.sup.13 is hydrogen, (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)-alkyl and R.sup.14 is hydrogen, (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)-alkyl, pyridyl, phenyl-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)-alkyl, carboxy-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)-alkyl, carbamoyl-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)-alkyl, (C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)-alkoxy carbonyl-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)-alkyl, di-(C.sub.1 -C.sub.4)-alkoxy carbonyl-C.sub.2 -C.sub.5)-alky, piperidino-C.sub.2 -C.sub.