Patent ID: 7671084

Claim:
A method of inhibiting osteoporosis in a mammal in need thereof, comprising providing to said mammal an effective amount of a compound of the formula wherein R 1 , R 2 , R 3 , R 5 , R 6 , R 7 and R 8 are each, independently, selected from hydrogen, hydroxyl, C 1 -C 6 alkyl, C 1 -C 6 alkoxy or halogen; R 4 is hydrogen, C 1 -C 6 alkyl, halogen, C 1 -C 6 alkoxy, —CN, C 2 -C 8 alkenyl, —CHO, aryl, furyl, thienyl, pyrimidinyl or pyridinyl; provided that at least one of R 1 -R 8 is other than H; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.