申请人:TSUMURA CO., LTD.
公开号:EP0489933A1
公开(公告)日:1992-06-17
A novel bile alcohol of general formula (I), having an efficacious physiological activity and being specified in the configurations of particularly the 20-, 24- and 25-positions; formula (I) wherein one of the groups R₁ and R₂ represents a group of formula (A) or (B) while the other represents -OH or -H; R₃ and R₄ represent each -CH₂OH, -CH₃ or -CH₂OSO₃Na; or alternatively R₂ and R₃ are combined together to represent -OCH₂-, R₂ and R₄ are combined together to represent -OCH₂-, or R₃ and R₄ are combined together to represent -CH₂OCH₂-; provided that R₃ and R₄ do not represent -CH₃ at the same time and that R₁ represents -OH or -H and R₂ represents the group of formula (A) or (B) when R₃ and R₄ represent -CH₂OH at the same time. A drug containing the bile alcohol, including those wherein R₃ and R₄ in the above formula (I) represent each -H, -CH₂OH, -CH₃ or -CH₂OSO₃Na (except for the case where both R₃ and R₄ represent -H at the same time), and 3α 7α, 12α, 24-tetrahydroxy-5α- or -5β-cholane is efficacious as a cerebral function protective agent, cholagogue, cell activator, microcirculation improver, antiarteriosclerotic agent, antihyperlipemia drug, hepatic function improver, anti-inflammatory drug, antithrombotic drug and hypertensive.
通式(I)的新胆醇具有有效的生理活性,特别是在20、24和25位的构型中进行了指定。其中,R₁和R₂中的一个代表公式(A)或(B)的基团,而另一个代表-OH或-H;R₃和R₄分别代表-CH₂OH、-CH₃或-CH₂OSO₃Na;或者R₂和R₃结合在一起代表-OCH₂-,R₂和R₄结合在一起代表-OCH₂-,或者R₃和R₄结合在一起代表-CH₂OCH₂-;前提是R₃和R₄不能同时表示-CH₃,而且当R₃和R₄同时表示-CH₂OH时,R₁表示-OH或-H,R₂表示公式(A)或(B)的基团。含有胆醇的药物,包括上述公式(I)中R₃和R₄分别表示-H、-CH₂OH、-CH₃或-CH₂OSO₃Na的药物(除了R₃和R₄同时表示-H的情况),以及3α 7α,12α,24-四羟基-5α-或-5β-胆烷作为脑功能保护剂、胆汁促进剂、细胞活化剂、微循环改善剂、抗动脉硬化药、降脂药、肝功能改善剂、抗炎药、抗血栓药和降压药具有有效性。