Patent ID: 6174864
Filing Date: 2001-01-16
Classification: A61K,A61P,C07H

Abstract:
A method for the prevention or treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases comprising the step of administering to a patient in need thereof an effective amount of a composition comprising a preventative or treatment agent for inflammatory bowel disease having as an active ingredient thereof a chromanol glucoside represented by the following general formula (1) ##STR6##(wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, and R.sup.4 represent identically or differently either a hydrogen atom or a lower alkyl group, R.sup.5 represents a hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group, or a lower acyl group, X represents a monosaccharide residue or an oligosaccharide residue having the hydrogen atom in the hydroxyl group thereof optionally substituted with a lower alkyl group or a lower acyl group, n represents an integer of 0-6, and m represents an interger of 1-6).