4-Hydroxy-3-pyrrolin-2-ones and treatment of circulatory disorders
申请人:Takeda Chemical Industries, Ltd.
公开号:US04925868A1
公开(公告)日:1990-05-15
The present invention relates to a compound of the formula: ##STR1## wherein X is sulfur or optionally substituted imino group; Y is a bond, oxygen, phenylene, phenyleneoxy, or oxyphenyleneoxy; R.sup.1 is hydrogen or optionally substituted hydrocarbon residue; R.sup.2 is optionally substituted hydrocarbon residue; and R.sup.1 may form, together with the imino-nitrogen atom as X, a nitrogen-containing 5- to 7-membered ring, production and use thereof. The compound (I) of the present invention has an anti-oxidation activity and activities of preventing or improving functional disorders due to biologically active oxygen species, thus being useful as a pharmaceutical agent for prophylaxis and therapy of disorders in the circulatory system.