Preventive and healing composition for diseases due to lipoxygenase metabolic products.

摘要

A preventive and healing composition for disease due to lipoxygenase metabolic products, which comprises an effective amount of a compound represented by the formula:
(wherein R is an alkyl group having 1-15 carbon atoms, Y is a hydrogen atom or a halogen atom, and X is a hydroxyl group when Y is a halogen atom and X is a hydroxyl group, a lower alkoxy group, a lower alkylthio group, a benzyloxy group or a benzylthio group when Y is a hydrogen atom) and at least one pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.