| 摘要 |
<p>Compounds of formula (I): <CHEM> [wherein: R<1> is hydrogen, alkyl, aryl-substituted alkyl or aromatic heterocyclic-substituted alkyl; R<2> is: aryl-substituted alkyl, aromatic heterocyclic-substituted alkyl or diarylamino; and R<3> is carboxy or a group of formula -CONHSO2 R<4> wherein R<4> is alkyl]; and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and esters thereof have valuable 5 alpha -reductase inhibitory activity and can thus be used for the treatment and prophylaxis of, inter alia, prostatic hypertrophy as well as other disorders arising from excess levels of 5 alpha -dihydro-testosterone.</p> |
