abstract |
A medicament for preventive and/or therapeutic treatment of dermal pigmentation and/or development of skin cancer, which comprises as an active ingredient a substance selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by the following general formula (I) and a pharmacologically acceptable salt thereof, and a hydrate thereof and a solvate thereof:n nwherein X represents a connecting group whose number of atoms in a main chain is 2 to 5 (said connecting group may be substituted), A represents hydrogen atom or acetyl group, E represents an aryl group which may be substituted or a heteroaryl group which may be substituted, ring Z represents an arene which may have one or more substituents in addition to the group represented by formula -O-A wherein A has the same meaning as that defined above and the group represented by formula -X-E wherein each of X and E has the same meaning as that defined above, or a heteroarene which may have one or more substituents in addition to the group represented by formula -O-A wherein A has the same meaning as that defined above and the group represented by formula -X-E wherein each of X and E has the same meaning as that defined above. |