| abstract |
A uric acid-lowering agent containing, as an active ingredient, a tyrosine-containing cyclic dipeptide selected from the group consisting of cyclotryptophanyltyrosine, cycloseryltyrosine, cycloprolyltyrosine, cyclotyrosylglycine, cyclotyrosyltyrosine, cyclophenylalanyltyrosine, cycloleucyltyrosine, cyclolysyltyrosine, cyclohistidyltyrosine, cycloalanyltyrosine, cycloglutamyltyrosine, cyclovalyltyrosine, cycloisoleucyltyrosine, cyclothreonyltyrosine, cycloaspartyltyrosine, cycloasparaginyltyrosine, cycloglutaminyltyrosine, cycloarginyltyrosine, cyclomethionyltyrosine, and cyclotyrosylcysteine, or a salt thereof. The uric acid-lowering agent of the present invention has an excellent action of lowering a uric acid level, and the uric acid-lowering agent is useful in, for example, prevention or treatment of hyperuricemia, gout or the like. |