PRION GROWTH INHIBITOR

摘要

[PROBLEMS] To provide a prion growth inhibitor which is less invasive and effectively inhibits prion growth, and a preventive or a remedy for prion diseases such as BSE and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. [MEANS FOR SOLVING PROBLEMS] A prion growth inhibitor characterized by containing, as the active ingredient, a compound represented by the following general formula (I): wherein R<1> to R<5> have each the same meaning as defined in the description; its pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a hydrate thereof.