Claims
- 1. A method of treating thrombocytopenia comprising administering, to a patient suffering from thrombocytopenia, an effective amount of an indolocarbazole derivative represented by the formula (I): ##STR44## wherein R.sup.1 represents a hydrogen atom; a substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group or a tetrahydropyranyl group; R.sup.2A and R.sup.3A, which may be the same or different, each represent a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl group, a lower alkenyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group; R.sup.4A and R.sup.5A, which may be the same or different, each represent a hydrogen atom, a formyl group, a hydroxyl group or a halogen atom; W.sup.1A and W.sup.2A represent hydrogen atom or combine together to represent oxygen atom; and X.sup.1A and X.sup.2A represent hydrogen atom or combine together to represent a single bond, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, provided that when X.sup.A forms a single bond, then R.sup.1, R.sup.2A, R.sup.3A, R.sup.4A, R.sup.5A, and W.sup.1A and W.sup.2A do not simultaneously represent a hydrogen atom.
- 2. An indolocarbazole derivative represented by the formula (II): ##STR45## wherein R.sup.8 represents a substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group or a tetrahydropyranyl group; R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 which may be the same or different, each represent a hydrogen atom, a substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl group, a lower alkenyl group, or a substituted or unsubstituted aralkyl group; R.sup.4 and R.sup.5, which may be the same or different, each represent a hydrogen atom, a formyl group, a hydroxyl group or a halogen atom; W.sup.1 and W.sup.2 represent hydrogen atom or combine together to represent oxygen atom; and X.sup.1 and X.sup.2 represent hydrogen atom or combine together to represent a single bond, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, provided that R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 do not simultaneously represent a hydrogen atom, and also provided that when R.sup.2 and R.sup.3, which may be the same or different, each represent an allyl group or CH.sub.2 CH(OH)CH.sub.2 OH, then R.sup.8 is not a methyl group and W.sup.1 and W.sup.2 are not combined to represent an oxygen atom.
- 3. The compound as claimed in claim 2, wherein R.sup.8 is a substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl group.
- 4. The compound as claimed in claim 3, wherein R.sup.8 is a methyl group.
- 5. The compound as claimed in any of claims 2 to 4, wherein R.sup.2 and R.sup.3, which may be the same or different, is a substituted or unsubstituted lower alkyl group.
- 6. The compound as claimed in any of claims 2 to 4, wherein X forms a single bond.
- 7. The compound as claimed in claim 5, wherein X forms a single bond.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of Application Ser. No. 08/404,962, filed Mar. 16, 1995, now abandoned.
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