Patent ID: 7358267

Claim:
A method for treating obesity or diabetes, comprising administering to a subject in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a compound of formula (I): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or prodrug thereof, wherein X is selected from the group consisting of CO 2 R 1 and C(O)NR 1 R 2 ; Y is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, (C 1 -C 4 )alkyl, fluoro(C 1 -C 4 )alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, halogen, NR 3 R 4 and CO 2 R 3 ; Z 1 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, (C 1 -C 4 )alkyl and halogen; Z 2 is selected from the group consisting of aryl and heteroaryl, or Z 1 and Z 2 may be combined to form a fused 6-membered ring; and R 1 , R 2 , R 3 and R 4 are independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, (C 1 -C 4 )alkyl, carboxy(C 1 -C 4 ) alkyl and aryl.