| abstract |
The present invention relates to the use of aryl imidazoles of formula (I), in which Ar is possibly substituted aryl, W is halogen alkyl, A is hydrogen or CH2R, R is possibly substituted aryl or one or the radicals -OR1, -SR1 or N(R2)COR3, and Y is halogen, trifluoromethyl, nitro, -S(O)nR6, CN or -CONR4R5 or possibly substituted aryl, where R1 is hydrogen, possibly substituted alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, alkinyl, aryl or aralkyl, R2 is hydrogen, alkyl, halogen alkyl, cycloalkyl or possibly substituted aryl, R3 is (X)mR7, X is O, S, -N(R8)2-, m is 0 or 1, R4, R5, R8 are mutually independently hydrogen, alkyl or possibly substituted aryl, R6 is alkyl, halogen alkyl or possibly substituted aryl and R7 is alkyl, halogen alkyl or possibly substituted aryl, aralkyl or hetaryl and n is 0, 1 or 2, for combatting parasitic protozoa. |