This invention provides a compound of the following formula:or the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof wherein Z is OH, C1-6 alkoxy, -NR2R3 or heterocycle; Q is selected from the following: (a) an optionally substituted phenyl, (b) an optionally substituted 6-membered monocyclic aromatic group containing one, two, three or four
nitrogen atom(s), (c) an optionally substituted 5-membered monocyclic aromatic group containing one
heteroatom selected from O, S and N and optionally containing one, two or three
nitrogen atom(s) in addition to said
heteroatom, (d) an optionally substituted C3-7 cycloalkyl and (e) an optionally substituted benzo-fuzed heterocycle; R1 is
hydrogen, C1-4
alkyl or halo; R2 and R3 are independently
hydrogen, OH, C1-4 alkoxy, C1-4
alkyl or C1-4
alkyl substituted with halo, OH, C1-4 alkoxy or CN; X is independently selected from H, halo, C1-4 alkyl, halo-substituted C1-4 alkyl, OH, C1-4 alkoxy, halo-substituted C1-4 alkoxy, C1-4 alkylthio, NO2, NH2, di-(C1-4 alkyl)amino and CN; and n is 0, 1, 2, 3 and 4.This invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition useful for the treatment of a medical condition in which prostaglandins are implicated as pathogens.