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Cholesterol-lowering agents

US5283256A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJul 22, 1992
Grant dateFeb 1, 1994
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Expiry dateJul 22, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA01N43/90
  • WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

This invention relates to compounds of structural formula (I): ##STR1## which are squalene synthase inhibitors and thus useful as cholesterol lowering agents and antifungal agents. These compounds are also inhibitors of farnesyl protein transferase and farnesylation of the oncogene protein Ras and thus useful in treating cancer. This invention also relates to a process for obtaining compounds of structural formula (I).

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