| abstract |
Indoline compounds represented by the formula: wherein R represents a saturated or unsaturated aliphatic acyl group which may have one or more halogen atoms, a hydroxy group, a lower alkoxy group, a carboxy group, a lower alkoxycarbonyl group, a cycloalkyl group or an aryl group as substituents; a hydroxyalkyl group; an aliphatic acyloxyalkyl group; a lower alkyl group having a lower alkoxy group, a carboxy group, a lower alkoxycarbonyl group, an aryl substituted lower alkoxycarbonyl group, a carbamoyl group, a mona- or dialkyl substituted carbamoyl group or a cyano group as substituents; an aromatic acyl group which may have one or more halogen atoms as substituents; a furoyl group or a pyridyl-carbonyl group; R1 represents a lower alkyl group which may have one or more halogen atoms or an aryl group as substituents; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, exhibit a selective suppressive action on urethral contractions, and thus are useful as therapeutic agents for the treatment of dysuria with less hypotension including postural hypotension. |