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Method for treating hypoxia

US4914094A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 21, 1989
Grant dateApr 3, 1990
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Expiry dateMar 21, 2009

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61K31/55
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method for curing and/or improving hypoxia characterized by administering a compound represented by the general formula (1), ##STR1## said compounds have been known in prior art literatures, for example, as carbostyril derivatives in Japanese Patent Kokai No. 54-160389 (1979), etc., as benzoxazine derivatives in Japanese Patent Kokai No. 59-70675 (1984), and as benzoazepine derivatives in Japanese Patent Kokai No. 57-193461 (1982), and they have been known as central nervous system controlling agents and antihistaminic agents. The present invention was established on the basis of the findings that the compounds represented by the general formula (1) possess excellent pharmacological activities for curing and/or improving hypoxia and also possess excellent anti-oxidative activities, which could not have been anticipated from the disclosures in the prior art literatures.

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