Yamanouchi Pharmaceutical Company Ltd.

Tomio Araki

Noriki Ito

Yuichi Iizumi

Tomoyuki Yasunaga

Diurea derivatives are provided which can be represented by the following general formula and salts thereof: ##STR1## wherein, R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 are the same or different, and each represents C.sup.1 -10 alkyl group, a C.sup.3 -18 cycloalkyl group, or a lower alkyl group substituted by cycloalkyl radical(s);

Diurea derivatives useful as medicaments and processes for the

Diurea derivatives are provided which can be represented by the following general formula and salts thereof: ##STR1## Illustrative derivatives include 1,3-bis[[1-cycloheptyl-3-(3-pyridyl)ureido]-methyl]benzene, 1,3-bis[[1-cycloheptyl-3-(2-pyridyl)ureido]-methyl]benzene, and 1,3-bis[[1-cycloheptyl-3-(4-pyridyl)ureido]-methyl]benzene. The above compounds inhibit acyl-coenzyme A cholesterol acyltransferase (ACAT enzyme), and thereby control the accumulation of cholesterol ester to the smooth muscle of arterial wall in the blood vessel.

Diurea Derivatives represented by the following general formula and salts thereof: ##STR1## The above compounds inhibit acyl-coenzyme A chloresterol acyl-transferase (ACAT enzyme), and thereby control the accumulation of cholesterol ester to the smooth muscle of arterial wall in the blood vessel.

Diurea derivatives are provided which are represented by the following general formula and salts thereof: ##STR1## The above compounds inhibit acyl-coenzyme A cholesterol acyl-transferase (ACAT enzyme), and thereby control the accumulation of cholesterol ester on the smooth muscle of arterial wall in the blood vessels.

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Tomio Araki