Claims
- 1. A carbostyril derivative or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof said derivative being represented by the formula (1), ##STR30## wherein R.sup.1 is a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, a lower alkenyl group, a lower alkynyl group or a phenyl-lower alkyl group; R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 may be the same or different and each is a lower alkyl group which may have one hydroxy group or one halogen atom as the substituent, or a phenyl-lower alkyl group which may have 1 to 3 substituents selected from the group consisting of a lower alkoxy group and a halogen atom on the phenyl ring, or said phenyl-lower alkyl group may have a lower alkylene-dioxy group as the substituent on the phenyl ring; further R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 may form, together with the adjacent nitrogen and without an additional hetero-atom, a 5- or 6-membered saturated heterocyclic ring which may have a lower alkyl group or a phenyl-lower alkyl group as the substituent; the carbon-carbon bond between 3- and 4-positions in the carbostyril skeleton being a single or double bond.
- 2. A cardiotonic composition containing an effective amount of a carbostyril derivative of claim 1 or one of its pharmaceutically acceptable salts as the active ingredient.
Priority Claims (3)
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56-22437 |
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56-57732 |
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56-127145 |
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Parent Case Info
This is a division of application Ser. No. 06/348,709, filed Feb. 16, 1982.
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Divisions (1)
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