Patent ID: 6191163
Filing Date: 2001-02-20
Classification: A61K,A61P

Abstract:
A method for lowering lipids in overweight mammals, comprising administering to such a mammal a therapeutically effective amount for treating such condition of a compound of the formula I: ##STR6##whereinX is CH.sub.2 or oxygen;R.sub.1 is hydrogen or alkyl; andR.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 are independently hydrogen or alkyl and, when X is CH.sub.2, R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 may be alkene groups joined to form a benzene ring and, when X is oxygen, R.sub.2 and R.sub.3 and/or R.sub.4 and R.sub.5 together may be a methylenedioxy group of the following formula (II): ##STR7##whereinR.sub.6 and R.sub.7 are the same or different and are hydrogen, or alkyl and are joined to form a cyclopentyl or cyclohexyl ring.