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Sialic acid derivatives
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, (2008/06/13)
Sialic acid derivatives represented by the following general formula: wherein R1represents a residue of a steroid compound excluding cholestane and cholestene residues, R2represents hydrogen or methyl group, R3represents a C1-C6alkyl group and other, R4represents hydrogen or acyl group, R5represents a group of R15O— (R15represents a C2-C7acyl group and other), and X represents oxygen or sulfur atom, and their derivatives. These derivatives have activating effect on choline acetyltransferase activity in the chlonergic neurons, and are useful for preventive and therapeutic treatment of dementia, memory disorder, peripheral nervous disorder and so forth.
