BENZOIC ACID COMPOUND AND USE THEREOF AS MEDICINE

摘要

Benzoic acid compounds of the formula wherein each symbol is as defined in the specification, optical isomers thereof and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof; pharmaceutical composition comprising this compound and pharmaceutically acceptable additive; and serotonin 4 receptor agonists, gastrointestinal prokinetic agents and therapeutic agents for various gastrointestinal diseases, which comprise this compound as active ingredient. The compounds of the present invention selectively activate serotonin 4 receptor, and are useful medications for the prophylaxis and treatment of various gastrointestinal diseases (e.g., delayed gastric emptying, indigestion, meteorism, reflux esophagitis, abdominal indefinite complaint, intestinal pseudoileus, constipation, acute or chronic gastritis, gastric or duodenal ulcer, Crohn's disease, non-ulcer dyspepsia, ulcerative colitis, postgastrectomy syndrome, postoperative digestive function failure, gastrointestinal injury due to gastric neurosis, gastroptosis, diabetes, etc., and irritable bowel syndrome), central nervous disorders (e.g., schizophrenia, depression, anxiety, disturbance of memory and dementia), cardiac function disorders (e.g., cardiac failure and myocardial ischemia), urinary diseases (e.g., dysuria caused by urinary obstruction, ureterolith or prostatomegaly) and the like.