Patent ID: 7232814

Claim:
A method of treatment of diabetes, comprising administering to a patient in need thereof i. an effective amount of a medicine comprising a paullone derivative corresponding to general formula (I): in which X represents a C═O, C—S—CH 3 , C—S, or —C—NHOH group; Z represents C or N; Y represents, with the adjacent ring, a phenyl or thiazolyl residue; the ring or rings constituting these derivatives being optionally substituted by one or more: halogen atoms, hydroxy, alkylenehydroxy, alkynealkylenehydroxy, alkynehydroxycyclohexyl, alkyl, alkoxy, alkylenealkoxy, alkylenecyano groups, the alkylene group being saturated or unsaturated, these radicals being straight-chain or branched, of C1 to C18, the said chain being optionally substituted with one or more hydroxy or amino groups; one or more trifluorometbyl; —COM; —COOM; or —CH 2 COOM groups (with M representing a hydrogen atom a C1 to C18 alkyl group, straight-chain or branched, optionally substituted with one or more hydroxy, amino; nitroso; nitro; or cyano groups; R 5 represents a hydrogen atom or a C 1 to C 5 alkyl group, R 12 represents a hydrogen atom, or a —C—CO 2 —(CH 3 ) 3 group, and the physiologically acceptable salts of these derivatives, and ii. a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier or vehicle.