| abstract |
An 8-trifluoromethylquinolinecarboxylic acid derivative represented by general formula (I) or a pharmacologically acceptable salt or ester thereof wherein: R1 represents lower alkyl, halogenated lower alkyl or cycloalkyl; R2 represents a phenyl group which may be substituted by R0, a five- or six-membered heteroaromatic monocyclic group which may be substituted by R0 and bears one or two heteroatoms selected from among N, O and S, or a fused heteroaromatic group composed of the above heteroaromatic monocycle and a benzene ring; R0 represents halogen, lower alkyl, fluorinated lower alkyl, lower alkoxy or lower alkylthio; R3 represents hydrogen or lower alkyl; and m represents an integer of 2 or 3. |