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Abstract

Compounds represented by the general formula: ##STR1## wherein R.sub.1 is a hydrogen atom or an acyl group; R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 may be the same or different, and each represents a hydrogen atom, hydroxyl group, acyloxy group or amino group, or, in combination, they represent .dbd.O or .dbd.NOR.sub.10, where R.sub.10 represents a hydrogen atom or lower alkyl group; R.sub.4 represents a hydrogen atom or lower alkyl group; and Y represents --NR.sub.5 R.sub.6 or --N.sup.+ R.sub.7 R.sub.8 R.sub.9 X.sup.-, where R.sub.5, R.sub.6, R.sub.7, R.sub.8 and R.sub.9 may be the same or different, and each represents a hydrogen atom or an unsubstituted or substituted lower alkyl group, lower alkenyl group, lower alkinyl group, cycloalkyl group or 3-7-membered heterocyclic group comprising an oxygen atom, nitrogen atom or sulphur atom as an heteroatom, and X represents an anion, where R.sub.5 and R.sub.6, or R.sub.7 and R.sub.8 may form an azacycloalkyl group together with the neighboring nitrogen atom, respectively, and salts thereof. These compounds and their salts are subject to a remarkably lower degree of decomposition by gastric acid than are the publicly known erythromycin derivatives of the prior art, and have an excellent enterolinesis stimulating action.

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