摘要 |
<p>The use of compounds represented by the following general formula (I): CH2=CH-CH2-S(O)n-R, (wherein R represents hydrogen, optionally substituted alkyl, optionally substituted alkenyl, alkylthio, alkenylthio, optionally substituted phenyl, a heterocycle or a group in which a hydrogen atom has been eliminated from an optionally protected amino acid or oligopeptide; and n is 0, 1 or 2), glycosides of the same, or salts thereof in the production of remedies for brain diseases. Because of inhibiting a decrease in cranial nerve cells and promoting branching of neurites, the remedies for brain diseases are efficacious in the prevention and treatment of, for example, dementia accompanying the denaturation and falling of cranial nerve cells.</p> |