The present invention relates to 2-amino-5-oxo-5 H-[1]benzopyrano[2,3-b]pyridine-3-carboxylic acid derivatives of the formula (I): ##STR3## wherein A is ##STR4## (R, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are independently hydrogen or lower alkyl and m is 0 or 1, with the proviso that when m is 1, R.sup.1 is hydrogen)