申请人:YAMANOUCHI PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
公开号:EP0820989A1
公开(公告)日:1998-01-28
An imidazole derivative represented by the following general formula (I), a salt thereof, a hydrate thereof or a solvate thereof.
(Symbols in the formula have the following meanings.
A: a lower alkylene group unsubstituted or substituted with a hydroxyl group, an aryl group, a lower alkylidene group or an oxo group (=O),
X: a methylene group or a group represented by a formula -NR2-,
R1: a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group or an aralkyl group,
R2: a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group). The compounds have a steroid 17-20 lyase inhibiting activity and is useful in treating and preventing diseases such as prostate cancer, benign prostatic hyperplasia, breast cancer, mastopathy, hysteromyoma, endometriosis and the like.
以下为一种咪唑衍生物及其盐、水合物或溶剂化物,其化学式如下(I)(式中符号的含义如下:A:未取代或取代羟基、芳基、低烷基亚甲基或氧代基(=O)的低烷基亚甲基;X:亚甲基或由式-NR2-表示的基团;R1:氢原子、低烷基或芳基烷基;R2:氢原子或低烷基)。该化合物具有类固醇17-20裂解酶抑制活性,可用于治疗和预防前列腺癌、良性前列腺增生、乳腺癌、乳腺病、子宫肌瘤、子宫内膜异位症等疾病。