Abstract: Antiatherosclerotic compounds are provided which have the following structure: 1

Abstract: A method for inhibiting replication of reverse transcriptase dependent virus in plant or animal cells, comprising the step of administering to said cells a compound that depletes the intracellular pool of deoxyribonucleoside phosphate in an amount effective to inhibit replication of said virus. Hydroxyurea is one such suitable compound. Also disclosed is a method for producing incomplete reverse-transcriptase dependent viral DNA, by administering a deoxyribonucleoside phosphate-depleting drug to cells infected with such a virus.

Abstract: The invention provides novel azulene derivatives of general formula I ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 to R.sub.6 have the significance given in the description, as well as their tautomers, enantiomers, diastereomers, racemates and physiologically compatible salts or esters and substances which are hydrolyzed or metabolized in vivo to compounds of formula I.The invention is also concerned with a process and intermediates for the manufacture of the above compounds, pharmaceutical compositions which contain such compounds as well as the use of these compounds in the treatment of inflammatory conditions.

Abstract: A method and composition for inhibiting the spread of a retrovirus such as HIV in a human cell population in which a retrovirus such as HIV is present has been found. The spread of the retrovirus is inhibited by treatment of the cells with a synergistic combination mixture of a dideoxy-ribonucleoside excluding AZT and hydroxycarbamide.

Abstract: A method for inhibiting replication of reverse transcriptase dependent virus in plant or animal cells, comprising the step of administering to said cells a compound that depletes the intracellular pool of deoxyribonucleoside phosphate in an amount effective to inhibit replication of said virus. Hydroxyurea is one such suitable compound. Also disclosed is a method for producing incomplete reverse-transcriptase dependent viral DNA, by administering a deoxyribonucleoside phosphate-depleting drug to cells infected with such a virus.

Abstract: Compounds of general formula (II) wherein X is a hydroxamic or carboxylic acid group, Y is carbonyl or sulphonyl and R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 are as defined in the claims, are matrix metalloproteinase inhibitors.

Abstract: 2-?4-Biphenyloxymethylene!anilides of the formula I ##STR1## where the indices and the substituents have the following meanings: R, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are cyano, nitro, halogen, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, alkylthio, haloalkylthio, alkylamino, dialkylamino, alkylcarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, alkylcarbonylamino, alkylcarbonyl(alkylamino), alkenyl, alkenyloxy, alkynyl, alkynyloxy, cycloalkyl or C(R.sup.a).dbd.NOR.sub.b ;R.sup.a and R.sup.b are hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl or cycloalkenyl;m is 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5;n is 0, 1 or 2;R.sup.3 is nitro, cyano, halogen,n is 0, 1 or 2,unsubst. or subst. alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, alkenyloxy, alkynyloxy oralkylcarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl, alkylaminocarbonyl, dialkylaminocarbonyl, alkylcarbonylamino, alkylcarbonyl(alkylamino), C(R.sup.a).dbd.NOR.sub.b oro is 0, 1, 2, 3 or 4;R.sup.4 is hydrogen,unsubst. or subst.

Abstract: There are provided hydroxamic acids, and the esters and chelates thereof having the structure ##STR1## and their use for the prevention, control or amelioration of diseases caused by phytopathogenic fungi. Further provided are compositions and methods comprising those compounds for the protection of plants from fungal infestation and disease.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula ##STR1## wherein A is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a methyl group, or a methoxy group;B is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a methyl group, or a methoxy group, with the proviso that A and B ar not both a hydrogen atom;X and Y each are an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom;R is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a hydroxy group, an alkoxy group, an alkoxymethyl group, an acyl group, or an alkoxycarbonyl group;R.sub.1 is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, a halogen substituted alkyl group, an alkoxy substituted alkyl group, an alkylthio substituted alkyl group, a cyano substituted alkyl group, a 1-cycloalkenyl group, a benzyl group, a halogen substituted benzyl group, a hydroxy group, an alkoxy group, an acyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl group, an alkoxythiocarbonyl group, an alkylsulfonyl group, or a phenylsulfonyl group, while furthermore R and R.sub.1 together with the group ##STR2## indicated in the above formula may form a ring system; and R.sub.

Abstract: Compounds of the structure ##STR1## where M is a pharmaceutically acceptable cation or a metabolically cleavable group, R is alkyl, cycloalkyl or --NR.sup.1 R.sup.2, where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are hydrogen, alkyl, cycloalkyl or alkanoyl, and A is optionally substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, carbocyclic aryl, benzo[b]furyl, thienyl, or benzo[b]thienyl are potent inhibitors of lipoxygenase enzymes and thus inhibit the biosynthesis of leukotrienes. These compounds are useful in the treatment or amelioration of allergic and inflammatory disease states.

Abstract: Novel N-[substituted aryl]-N'-(substituted alkoxy)-urea and thiourea derivatives are described, as well as methods for the preparation and pharmaceutical composition of same, which are useful in preventing the intestinal absorption of cholesterol and thus are useful in the treatment of hypercholesterolemia and atherosclerosis.

Abstract: In order to remove traces of impurities constituted by tetrachloroazobenzene, tetrachloroazoxybenzene, polychlorinated diphenyl compounds and the like from crude linuron, the crude linuron is subjected to a single purification treatment of dissolution in a hot organic solvent and subsequent crystallization by cooling and recovery of the precipitated linuron. Preferred solvents are aromatic solvents, preferably chlorinated. The treatment enables the impurity content to be reduced to values less than 1 ppm.

Abstract: Aralkylphenylureas of the formula ##STR1## where R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are hydrogen, alkoxy or unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 together are unsubstituted or substituted alkylene which may or may not be interrupted by oxygen or sulfur, Y is hydrogen, alkyl, halogen, alkoxy or haloalkyl, A is unsubstituted or substituted alkylene, Z is hydrogen, alkyl, haloalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, cycloalkyl, aralkyl, aryl, aryloxy, halogen, a C.sub.4 H.sub.4 chain which is fused to the benzene ring to give a substituted or unsubstituted naphthyl ring, alkoxy, haloalkoxy, alkylthio, thiocyanato, cyano, ##STR2## R' and R" being hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxy, alkylthio, cycloalkyl or unsubstituted or substituted phenyl and n is 1, 2, 3 or 4, and herbicides containing these ureas.

Abstract: Disclosed are compounds having the formula: ##STR1## wherein: R.sub.1 is hydrogen, analkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms in which one or more of the carbon atoms are substituted with a hydroxy group;R.sub.2 is an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms in which one or more of the carbon atoms are substituted with a hydroxy group, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms which contains an amino group in which the amino function is substituted with hydrogen or one or two individual alkyl groups having 1 to 6 carbon atoms;or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.These compounds increase the sensitivity of hypoxic cancer cells to radiation. Methods of preparing such compounds, protocols for administering them to human patients and animals, and pharmaceutical compositions containing them are also disclosed.

Abstract: Novel N-[substituted aryl]-N'-(substituted alkoxy)-urea and thiourea derivatives are described, as well as methods for the preparation and pharmaceutical composition of same, which are useful in preventing the intestinal absorption of cholesterol and thus are useful in the treatment of hypercholesterolemia and atherosclerosis.

Abstract: A process for producing compounds containing hydroxy alkyl amide groups by the reaction of a bicyclic amide acetal with a member selected from the group consisting of urea, biuret, thiourea, thiobiuret, alkyl substituted ureas, aryl substituted ureas, alkyl substituted thioureas, aryl substituted thioureas, alkylene ether ureas, arylene ether ureas, alkylene ether tioureas and arylene ether thioureas is disclosed.

Abstract: Cyclohexenone derivatives of the formula ##STR1## where R.sup.1 is hydrogen, methoxycarbonyl, ethoxycarbonyl, methyl or cyano, R.sup.2 is alkyl, R.sup.3 is alkyl, alkenyl, haloalkenyl, or propargyl, R.sup.4 is hydrogen or alkyl, R.sup.5 is hydrogen, alkyl, acyl, formyl, cycloalkylcarbonyl, methoxyalkylcarbonyl, unsubstituted or substituted benzoyl, alkoxycarbonyl, benzyloxycarbonyl, phenoxycarbonyl, alkylthiocarbonyl, N,N-dialkylcarbamyl, N-alkylcarbamyl, N-cycloalkylcarbamyl, N-alkoxy-N-alkylcarbamyl, unsubstituted or substituted N-phenylcarbamyl, alkylsulfonyl, alkenylsulfonyl, haloalkylsulfonyl, N-alkylsulfamyl, N,N-dialkylsulfamyl, N-acyl-N-alkylsulfamyl, N-alkyl-N-methoxycarbonylsulfamyl, dialkoxyphosphoryl, dialkoxythiophosphoryl, 2-haloalkanoyl, acyloxyacetyl or alkoxyoxalyl, and R.sup.6 is alkyl, halogen, hydroxyl, alkoxy, alkenyloxy, alkynyloxy, alkylthio, alkylsulfinyl, alkylsulfonyl, nitro or amino, and salts of these compounds, and the use of these compounds for controlling unwanted plant growth.

Abstract: Novel N'-phenyl-N-methylurea derivatives of the formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is a hydrogen atom, a methyl group or a methoxy group, R.sub.2 is a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group, R.sub.3, which may be the same or different, is a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a lower alkoxy group, a lower alkylthio group or a trifluoromethyl group, n is an integer of 0 to 5, X is a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom, Y is an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom and Z is a straight or branched C.sub.1 -C.sub.8 alkylene group which may have no less than one atom of oxygen and/or sulfur at the terminal of and/or inside the carbon chain, which shows a pronounced herbicidal activity against a wide variety of weeds in the cultivation of crop plants as well as a notable fungicidal activity agaist a wide variety of phytopathogenic fungi causing plant diseases to crop plants without any material toxicity to mammals and fish or chemical injury to said crop plants.