Claims
- 1. A method for treating a digestive organ disease caused by the infection of Helicobacter, comprising administering a rifamycin derivative expressed by the formula (I), or a physiologically acceptable salt thereof: ##STR77## wherein X.sup.1 represents an oxygen atom or a sulfur atom, R.sup.1 represents an acetyl group or a hydrogen atom,
- R.sup.2 represents a hydroxy group, a hydrogen atom, or an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms,
- R.sup.3 represents a group expressed by the formula: ##STR78## wherein R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 are the same or different and each is an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms or ##STR79## in which j represents an integer between 1 and 3; or a group expressed by the formula: ##STR80## wherein R.sup.6 and R.sup.7 are the same or different and each is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, X.sup.2 represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom, a carbonyl group, ##STR81## in which R.sup.8 and R.sup.9 are the same or different and each is a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, or R.sup.8 and R.sup.9, in combination with each other, represent --(CH.sub.2).sub.k -- in which k represents an integer between 1 and 4, or ##STR82## in which m represents 0 or 1, R.sup.10 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or --(CH.sub.2).sub.n X.sup.3 in which n represents an integer between 1 and 4, and X.sup.3 represents an alkoxy group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, a vinyl group, an ethynyl group, or ##STR83##
Priority Claims (3)
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7-225317 |
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7-225318 |
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9-046753 |
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Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 08/988,779, filed Dec. 11, 1997, now abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 08/817,935, filed Apr. 30, 1997, now abandoned, which is a .sctn. 371 national phase of international application PCT/JP96/02464, filed Aug. 29, 1996.
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Continuation in Parts (2)
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