Use of oxirancarboxylic acids for the treatment of hyperlipemia

US4946866A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Byk Gulden Lomberg Chemische Fabrik GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Horst Wolf · Konstanz, DE
• Klaus Eistetter · Konstanz, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 27, 1987
• Grant date: Aug 7, 1990
• Expiry date: Mar 27, 2007

Classification

• Technology area (CPC A): Human Necessities
• CPC primary: A61P3/06
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Use of oxirancarboxylic acids of formula I ##STR1## wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a 1-4C-alkyl group, a 1-4C-alkoxy group, a nitro group, or a trifluoromethyl group; PA0 R2 has one of the meanings of R1; PA0 R3 is a hydrogen atom or a 1-4C-alkyl group; PA0 Y is the group --O--(CH.sub.2).sub.m --; PA0 m is 0 or a whole number from 1 to 4 and PA0 n is a whole number between 2 and 8, for the prevention and/or treatment of illnesses which are associated with an increased cholesterol and/or triglyceride concentration.