| abstract |
A 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinoxalinedione derivative represented by the following formula (I) or salt thereof, an NMDA-glycine receptor and/or AMPA receptor antagonist or kainic acid neurotoxicity inhibitor containing the derivative or salt. In addition, a pharmaceutical composition comprising said compound and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. (see formula I) wherein symbols in the above formula represent the following meanings, respectively: X: N, CH, R: an imidazolyl group or a di-lower alkylamino group, R1: (1) a halogen atom, a nitro group, a cyano group, a carboxyl group, an amino group, a mono- or di-lower alkylamino group, a lower alkanoyl group, a lower alkylthio group, a lower alkylsulfinyl group, a lower alkylsulfonyl group or a carbamoyl group, (2) a lower alkyl group or lower alkoxyl group which may be substituted by a halogen atom, a carboxyl group or an aryl group, (3) a phenyloxy group which may be substituted by a lower alkoxycarbonyl group or a carboxyl group, R2: a hydroxyl group, a lower alkoxyl group, an amino group or a mono- or di-lower alkylamino group, A: a lower alkylene group which may be substituted or a group represented by the formula -O-B-, and B: a lower alkylene group, with the proviso that the case wherein R represents an imidazolyl group, R1 represents a cyano group, A represents an ethylene group and R2 represents a hydroxyl group is excluded. |