Patent ID: 8318781

Claim:
A method for activating GPCR120 in an animal, said method comprising administering to the animal an agonist for GPCR120, wherein the agonist comprises as an active ingredient an aralkylcarboxylic acid compound represented by the general formula (I): wherein: the ring Q is a phenyl group, a pyridyl group wherein said pyridyl group may be substituted with one or two substituents selected from the group consisting of a halogen atom, a C 1-4 alkyl and a C 1-4 alkoxy group, or a thiazolyl group which may be condensed with a benzene ring, R 1 is a phenyl wherein said phenyl may be substituted with an amino group, R 2 is a hydrogen atom, X is an oxygen atom, and m is an integral number of 2, and n is an integral number of 3 or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.