Patent ID: 6165986
Filing Date: 2000-12-26
Classification: C07H

Abstract:
A pharmaceutical composition comprising an effective amount of an erythromycin A derivative represented by the following formula: ##STR4## wherein n is an integer of 2 to 4, R.sup.1 is a pyridylmethyl group, a furylmethyl group, a thienylmethyl group or a quinolylmethyl group, R.sup.2 is the same group as defined for R.sup.1, a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms, an acetyl group or a pyridylacetyl group, and R.sup.3 is an alkyl group having 1 to 5 carbon atoms or a cinnamyl group, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.