| abstract |
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a heat shock protein synthesis inhibitor having a molecular weight of 47 kilodaltons, which can treat a disease showing a pathological condition of enhanced extracellular matrix production by suppressing collagen synthesis. . SOLUTION: An aloin derivative represented by the following general formula (I) is contained as an active ingredient. Embedded image (Wherein, R 1 is a hexose residue excluding the hydroxyl group at position 1 of hexose, and R 2 is a hydroxyalkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms) |