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Anti-atherosclerotic pharmaceutical compositions containing diphosphonate compounds

US4416877A · kind A · utility

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12Claims
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Filing dateOct 9, 1981
Grant dateNov 22, 1983
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Expiry dateOct 9, 2001

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC07F9/4025
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition for increasing the relative quantity of circulating high density lipoproteins favorable augmentating the alpha/beta lipoprotein cholesterol ratios and clearing cholesterol and lipids from certain tissues and inducing hypotensive activity comprising administering to a human an effective amount of a compound of the formula: ##STR1## where X is H, OH, or ##STR2## R and R' identical or different are H, CH.sub.3 or C.sub.2 H.sub.5 ; m is zero or 1; and A is selected from the group comprising (CH.sub.3).sub.3 C--, Y--C.sub.6 H.sub.4 --, Y--C.sub.6 H.sub.4 --O--C(CH.sub.3).sub.2 --, Y--C.sub.6 H.sub.4 --C(CH.sub.3).sub.2 --, Y--C.sub.6 H.sub.4 --C(O)--C.sub.6 H.sub.4 --, Y--C.sub.6 H.sub.4 --(CH.sub.2).sub.n -- and Y--C.sub.6 H.sub.4 --O--(CH.sub.2).sub.n --, where n is an integer from 1 to 6 and Y is H, CH.sub.3, OCH.sub.3, a halogen, and a pharmaceutically acceptable excipient.

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