Patent ID: 6103733
Filing Date: 2000-08-15
Classification: A61K,A61P

Abstract:
A method for increasing blood serum HDL cholesterol levels in a mammal which comprises administering an effective amount of a compound having the structural formula I: ##STR6## wherein, n is 1 or 2;R.sub.1 is a heteroaromatic substituent independently selected from a five-membered heteroaromatic ring having from one to three N heteroatoms, a six-membered heteroaromatic ring having from one to three N heteroatoms, or a fused ring system having at least one five-membered heteroaromatic ring having from one to three N heteroatoms;R.sub.2 is independently selected from --H or phenyl; andR.sub.3 is independently selected from --H, --CH.sub.3, --OH, phenyl, phenyl substituted with Cl, OCH.sub.3, CH.sub.3, or F, fused phenyl ring system, or six-membered heteroaromatic ring having from one to three N heteroatoms.