Patent ID: 8258174

Claim:
A method for inhibiting apoptosis, comprising: administering an effective amount of an indole derivative represented by formula (1) or a salt thereof to a subject in need thereof wherein R 1 represents a group selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms which may have a substituent, an alkenyl group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms which may have a substituent, an alkynyl group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms which may have a substituent, an aromatic group which may have a substituent, an aralkyl group which may have a substituent, an acyl group which may have a substituent, an arylsulfonyl group which may have a substituent, an alkylsulfonyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms which may have a substituent, an alkoxy group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms which may have a substituent, an alkenyloxy group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms which may have a substituent, an alkynyloxy group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms which may have a substituent, an aryloxy group which may have a substituent, an aralkyloxy group which may have a substituent, an acyloxy group which may have a substituent, and a hydroxyl group, and R 2 represents a group selected from the group consisting of an alkyl group having 1 to 21 carbon atoms, an alkenyl group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms which may have a substituent, an alkynyl group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms which may have a substituent, an aralkyl group which may have a substituent, an amino group which may have a substituent, an alkoxy group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms which may have a substituent, an alkenyloxy group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms which may have a substituent, an alkynyloxy group having 2 to 6 carbon atoms which may have a substituent, an aryloxy group which may have a substituent, an aralkyloxy group which may have a substituent, an acyloxy group which may have a substituent, and a hydroxyl group.