Cholesterol lowering compounds
US5506262A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 10, 1993 |
| Grant date | Apr 9, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 10, 2013 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC07H19/01
- WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Disclosed herein are compounds of structural formula (I) ##STR1## which are useful as cholesterol lowering agents. These compounds are also useful as inhibitors of squalene synthetase, inhibitors of fungal growth, inhibitors of farnesyl-protein transferase and farnesylation of the oncogene protein Ras. These compounds are also useful in the treatment of cancer.
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