Compounds represented by formula (I) and the formula (IV) have an
inhibitory activity of MMP-9 production, therefore, are useful as a
medicine agent with fewer side effects than conventional MMP enzyme
activity inhibitors, as a prophylactic and therapeutic drug for oncogenic
angiogenesis, chronic rheumatoid arthritis, vascular intimal thickening
after a percutaneous coronary transluminal angioplasty, vascular
atherosclerosis, hemorrhagic apoplexy, acute myocardial infarction,
chronic heart failure, aneurysm, lung cancer metastasis, adult
respiratory distress syndrome, asthma, interstitial pulmonary fibrosis,
chronic rhinosinusitis, bronchitis or chronic obstructive pulmonary
disease (COPD).