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IMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVES AND MEDICINAL COMPOSITION THEREOF
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, (2008/06/13)
An imidazole derivative represented by the following general formula (I), a salt thereof, a hydrate thereof or a solvate thereof. (Symbols in the formula have the following meanings. A: a lower alkylene group unsubstituted or substituted with a hydroxyl group, an aryl group, a lower alkylidene group or an oxo group (=O), X: a methylene group or a group represented by a formula -NR2-, R1: a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group or an aralkyl group, R2: a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group). The compounds have a steroid 17-20 lyase inhibiting activity and is useful in treating and preventing diseases such as prostate cancer, benign prostatic hyperplasia, breast cancer, mastopathy, hysteromyoma, endometriosis and the like.
