Novel spironolactone derivatives characterized by the C.sub.11 -C.sub.12 double bond which have a potent aldosterone-antagonistic activity without causing potassium loss, used alone in diagnosis and improvement of condition of primary aldosteronism, or together with other drugs in treatment of essential or renal hypertension as well as cardiac or renal edema; prepared from 3,17-bis(ethylene-dioxy)-5,11-androstadiene.
这是一段描述新型
螺内酯衍
生物的文本,其特点是具有C.sub.11-C.sub.12双键,并具有强效的
醛固酮拮抗活性,不会导致
钾丢失。它可以单独用于原发性
醛固酮增多症的诊断和改善,或与其他药物一起用于治疗高血压、心脏或肾脏
水肿等疾病。这些衍
生物是从3,17-双(乙二氧基)-5,11-雄甾二烯制备而成。