摘要:
Compounds of formula (I): [wherein: X represents an unsubstituted or substituted indolyl, indolinyl, azaindolyl, azaindolinyl, imidazopyridyl or imidazopyrimidinyl group; Y represents an oxygen or sulphur atom; Z represents a 2,4-dioxothiazolidin-5-ylidenylmethyl, 2,4-dioxothiazolidin-5-ylmethyl, 2,4-dioxooxazolidin-5-ylmethyl, 3,5-dioxooxadiazolidin-2-ylmethyl or N -hydroxyureidomethyl group; R represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkoxy group, a halogen atom, a hydroxy group, a nitro group, an aralkyl group or a unsubstituted or substituted amino group; and m is an integer of from 1 to 5] have hypoglycemic and anti-diabetic activities.
摘要:
A novel method of testing a remedy or a preventive for hyperlipemia; and a nucleic acid probe, a primer and an antibody which are employed in this method. More particularly speaking, a method of testing the effect of a test substance as a remedy or a preventive for hyperlipemia by using the expression of a gene represented by SEQ ID NO:1 or 2 in Sequence Listing, which participates in the control of the blood neutral fat level of mammalians, as an indication; and a nucleic acid probe, a primer and an antibody employed in this method. By using this method, candidates for preventives or remedies for hyperlipemia can be searched for.
摘要:
A preventive or remedy for autoimmune diseases excluding diabetes type I which contains as the active ingredient a substance improving insulin resistance.
摘要:
Compounds of formula (I): [in which: R and R are each hydrogen or alkyl, or together a group of formula -(CH2)k- in which k is an integer; R is hydrogen, alkyl, alkoxy, halogen or hydroxy; A and B are each hydrogen, alkyl, aralkyl, aliphatic carboxylic acyl, aryl-substituted aliphatic carboxylic acyl, aromatic carboxylic acyl or carbamoyl, or A and B together represent >C=O, >C=S, -C(=O)-C(=O)-, -CH2C(=O)-, -CH2CH2-, -SO2- or -CH2SO2-; X is a group of formula: W-(CH2)m-X - in which W is aryl or heterocyclic, X is a single bond, oxygen, sulphur or >NR in which R is hydrogen, alkyl, aralkyl or aryl, and m is 0 or an integer; Y is a group of formula: -(CH2)n-Y -, in which Y is a single bond, oxygen or sulphur, and n is an integer; Z is a group of formula (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) or (vi): in which R is hydrogen, carboxyalkyl, alkanoyloxyalkyl, cycloalkyl-substituted alkanoyloxyalkyl, cycloalkylcarbonyloxyalkyl, alkoxycarbonyloxyalkyl, cycloalkyl-substituted alkoxycarbonyloxyalkyl or cycloalkyloxycarbonyloxyalkyl group]; and salts, esters and solvates thereof and pro-drugs therefor are useful for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of a variety of disorders, including one or more of: hyperlipemia, hyperglycemia, obesity, glucose tolerance insufficiency, insulin resistance and diabetic complications.