Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (IA): 1

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of formula (IA): 1

Abstract: The invention relates to dihydropyrimidines of the general formula and to the use of dihydropyrimidines as medicaments for the treatment and prophylaxis of hepatitis B. The invention further relates to a process for the preparation of medicaments comprising the corresponding dihydropyrimidines.

Abstract: 1

Abstract: Disclosed are thiazolobenzoheterocycles of the general formula Including their isomers, racemates, enantioners and salts thereof, as well as processes for preparing these compounds and medicaments containing them.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to compounds which inhibit prenyl-protein transferase and particularly, the farnesylation of the oncogene protein Ras. The invention is further directed to chemotherapeutic compositions containing the compounds of this invention and methods for inhibiting farnesyl-protein transferase and the farnesylation of the oncogene protein Ras.

Abstract: The invention relates to deazapurine compounds of the formula wherein Ar, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, X are as defined herein; these compounds selectively bind to CRF receptors and are useful in the treatment of stress related disorders.

Abstract: A compound of the formula: in which R1 is hydrogen, optionally substituted lower alkylcarbamoyl(lower)alkylidene, lower alkylidene, lower alkyl, optionally substituted ar(lower)alkyl, cyclo(lower)alkyl(lower)alkyl, protected carboxy(lower)alkyl, carboxy(lower)alkyl, hydroxy(lower)alkyl, optionally substituted lower alkylcarbamoyl(lower)alkyl, lower alkylthio(lower)alkyl, carboxy(lower)alkanoyl, protected carboxy(lower)alkanoyl, aroyl, lower alkanoyl, or optionally substituted arylcarbamoyl(lower)alkyl, R2 is hydrogen, carboxy, protected carboxy, formyl or N-(lower)alkyl-N-(lower)alkoxycarbamoyl, R3 is hydrogen or amidino-protective group, A is lower alkylene or carbonyl, X is Y is lower alkylene, —S— or —SO2—, Z is —S— or —O—, and the line: is a single bond or a double bond, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which is useful as a medicament.

Abstract: A pyrrolesulfonamide derivative having the following formula (I): is provided wherein P, A, Y, l, Z1 and Z2 are as described herein, wherein the derivative has strong serotonin-2 receptor antagonistic action, low toxicity and fewer side effects, and its use as a therapeutic for circulatory diseases such as ischemic heart diseases, cerebrovascular disturbances and peripheral circulatory disturbances.

Abstract: This invention concerns the compounds of formula the N-oxide forms, the pharmaceutically acceptable addition salts and the stereochemically isomeric forms thereof, wherein the dotted line is an optional bond; n is 1 or 2; R1 is hydrogen; halo; formyl; C1-4alkyl optionally substituted with hydroxy, C1-4alkyloxy, C1-4alkylcarbonyloxy, imidazolyl, thiazolyl or oxazolyl; or a radical of formula —X—COOR5, —X—CONR6R7 or —X—COR10 wherein —X— is a direct bond, C1-4alkanediyl or C2-6alkenediyl; R5 is hydrogen, C1-12alkyl, Ar, Het, C1-6alkyl substituted with C1-4alkyloxy, aryl or heteroaryl; R6 and R7 each independently are hydrogen or C1-4alkyl; R2 is hydrogen, halo, C1-4alkyl, hydroxyC1-4alkyl, C1-4alkyloxycarbonyl, carboxyl, formyl or phenyl; R3 is hydrogen, C1-4alkyl or C1-4alkyloxy; R4 is hydrogen, halo, C1-4alkyl, C1-4alkyloxy or haloC1-4alkyl; Z is —CH2—, —CH2—CH2—, —CH═CH—, —CHOH—CH2&mdas

Abstract: The present invention provides novel compounds of formula I which may be useful in hyperpolarizing cell membranes, opening potassium channels, relaxing smooth muscle cells, and inhibiting bladder contractions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to novel N-substituted azaheterocyclic compounds of the general formula wherein X, Z, R1, R2 and r are as defined in the detailed part of the present description, or salts thereof, to methods for their preparation, to compositions containing them, and to their use for the clinical treatment of painful, hyperalgesic and/or inflammatory conditions in which C-fibers play a pathophysiological role by eliciting neurogenic pain or inflammation, as well as their use for treatment of indications caused by or related to the secretion and circulation of insulin antagonising peptides, e.g. non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) and ageing-associated obesity.