PROCESS FOR PREPARING 4-AMINO-3-QUINOLINECARBOXYLIC ACIDS AND ANTISECRETORY AND ANTI-ULCER ESTERS THEREOF OF COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING SAID COMPOUNDS AND ITS USE FOR INHIBITINGSECRETION OF HYDROCHLORIC ACID AND/OR TRETAING PEPTIC ULCERS

摘要

A method of reducing gastric acidity and treating peptic ulcers and pharmaceutical compositions therefor with certain 4-amino-3-quinolinecarboxylic acids and esters are disclosed. Illustrative of compounds useful in the method which relies on activity as antisecretory activity is the novel compound ethyl 8-methoxy-4-[(2-methylphenyl)amino]-3-quinolinecarboxylate which has the formula: <IMAGE>