Tricyclic compounds

Abstract

A tricyclic compound represented by the following formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1 represents hydrogen, halogen or lower alkyl; A represents cyano, carboxyl, tetrazolyl, cyano-substituted phenyl, carboxyl-substituted phenyl or tetrazolyl-substituted phenyl; V represents --(CH.sub.2).sub.m --(wherein m is an integer of 0 to 2); W represents ##STR2## (wherein R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 independently represent hydrogen, halogen, lower alkyl, cycloalkyl, halogenated lower alkyl, hydroxy, lower alkoxy, amino, lower alkylamino, carboxyl or lower alkoxycarbonyl; and Q.sup.1 --Q.sup.2 --Q.sup.3 --Q.sup.4 represents N.dbd.CH--CH.dbd.CH; X.sup.1 --X.sup.2 --X.sup.3 represents CH.dbd.CH--CH.dbd.CH, S--CH.dbd.CH or CH.dbd.CH--S; Y represents a single bond, CH.sub.2, O, S, CH.sub.2 O, OCH.sub.2, CH.sub.2 S, SCH.sub.2, CH.sub.2 CH.sub.2 or CH.dbd.CH; and Z.sup.1 --Z.sup.2 represents C.dbd.CH, CH--CH.sub.2 or CH--CH(COOH)-- or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The compound of the present invention exhibits antagonism to angiotensin II receptors.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.