The invention provides a method of treatment or prophylaxis of obesity, comprising administering to a patient in need of such treatment a therapeutically effective amount of an aryl sulfonamide compound of formula (I) or formula (II) ##STR1## wherein the substituents are as described in the specification.

The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising a positive modulator of a nicotinic receptor agonist, said positive modulator having the capability to increase the efficacy of the said nicotinic receptor agonist.

A method of lowering blood cholesterol using 3,4,5-trimethoxybenzoyl-5-amino caproate sodium and related compounds is disclosed.

Disclosed is a process of improving the adhesion of polyester material to various other materials using the azidoformates of omega-hydroxyalkyl phthalates, their related low molecular weight condensation polymers and their mixtures represented by the general formula ##SPC1## Where R is an alkylene radical containing 2 to 10 carbon atoms and x is an integer of from about 1 to about 10. In particular, there is disclosed a process of improving the adhesion of polyester tire cord to rubber tire stoc…

Novel diketones of the structure ##SPC1## Or a tautomeric form thereof in which R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 represent hydrogen or lower hydrocarbyl groups with the proviso that the number of carbon atoms of R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 taken together is from 1-4 R.sup.3 represents a hydrogen, acyl or alkyl group containing 1-24 carbon atoms R.sup.4 represents an alcohol protecting group resistant to alkali but removable under acid reaction conditions Z represents an oxygen or sulphur atom are claimed and a proce…

A composition which comprises (a) a salt of a metal (M) of a hydroxycarboxylic acid in which the OH and COOH groups are attached to the ring atoms of a fused ring system and (b) a surface coating compound or composition. The metal (M) is at least divalent and may be magnesium, calcium, barium or particularly zinc. The fused ring system is preferably a fused aromatic hydrocarbon ring system such as naphthalene. The OH and COOH groups can be attached to adjacent carbon atoms of fused hydrocarbon r…

Disclosed is a process of improving the adhesion of polyester material to various other materials using the azidoformates of omega-hydroxyalkyl phthalates, their related low molecular weight condensation polymers and their mixtures represented by the general formula ##SPC1## Where R is an alkylene radical containing 2 to 10 carbon atoms and x is an integer of from about 1 to about 10. In particular, there is disclosed a process of improving the adhesion of polyester tire cord to rubberr tire sto…

The adhesive properties of compositions which contain an organic isocyanate, with or without a film-former, are improved by the inclusion of (a) an aliphatic hydrocarbyl nitrite or (b) a nitrite ester of a carbamic acid which acts as an adhesive promoter. The compositions are useful for adhering natural and synthetic polymeric elastomers, and are particularly useful in the production of laminations formed from polyurethane polymers and other substrates including metals, etc. and especially the f…

The present invention is concerned with compounds of formula I ##STR1## wherein Z, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are as defined herein, as well as their pharmaceutically acceptable salts as therapeutically active substances against central nervous system disorders and for the production of corresponding medicaments.

A reduced shade paint or ink comprising (a) a base paint or ink comprising a base pigment such as titanium dioxide, a film-forming resin and a non-polar liquid such as white spirits; (b) one or more dispersant which is a phosphate ester of a compound of formula 1 ##STR1## wherein Y is a group RO– or a group H–(EO).sub.q –; R is C.sub.1-10 -alkyl; m and q are each, independently, from 5 to 50; n is from 5 to 70; and (c) a tinter composition comprising a colored pigment, water and/or a water-mi…