There are provided novel aminophosphonic acid derivatives of the general formula [I]:
wherein n is an integer of 2 or 3; R¹ is a phenyl, naphthyl, indolyl, benzothienyl, benzofuryl or benzoxazolyl group which may have 1 to 3 substituents selected from the group consisting of hydroxyl and lower alkyloxy groups, or a hydrogen atom; R² is a lower alkyl group, a benzyl group, a 4-hydroxybenzyl group, a 3-indolylmethyl group or a β-phenethyl group; and A is an optional residue of an amino acid selected from the group consisting of tryptophane, tyrosine, phenylalanine, homophenylalanine, naphthylalanine or Nω-nitroarginine, and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts. The compounds according to the present invention and their pharmaceutically acceptable salts exhibit an inhibitory activity against endothelin-converting enzyme, and are expected to be useful as a drug treating various diseases with which endothelin is concerned.
提供了一种新型的
氨基膦酸衍
生物,其一般式如下[I]:其中n是2或3的整数;R¹是苯基,
萘基,
吲哚基,
苯并噻吩基,
苯并呋喃基或苯并
噁唑基,其可具有1至3个取自氢氧基和低烷氧基的取代基,或是氢原子;R²是低烷基,苄基,
4-羟基苄基,3-
吲哚甲基基或β-苯乙基;A是选自色
氨酸,
酪氨酸,苯丙
氨酸,同型苯丙
氨酸,
萘氨酸或Nω-硝基精
氨酸的
氨基酸残基,以及它们的药学上可接受的盐。根据本发明的化合物及其药学上可接受的盐表现出对内皮素
转化酶的抑制活性,预计可用于治疗与内皮素相关的各种疾病的药物。