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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 1993
Filed:
Apr. 12, 1991
Yumiko Asami, Saitama, JP;
Katsuo Komiya, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroo Sasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Hironaka Aihara, Saitama, JP;
Taisho Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., both of, JP;
Tosoh Corporation, both of, JP;
Abstract
A method for lowering serum total cholesterol in an animal by administering to the aminal an anion-exchange resin having the monomer units respectively represented by the below-given structural formulas (I), (II), (III) and (IV) in a content of 60-95 molar % of the monomer unit (I), 0-25 molar % of the monomer unit (II), 0--30 molar % of the monomer unit (III) and 1-6 molar % of themonomer unit (IV). ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2 and R.sup.3 which may be the same or different respectively are hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group or benzyl group, R.sup.4 is hydrogen atom, a lower alkyl group or hydroxy-methyl group and X is a halogen atom. The above-mentioned agents specifically bind with bile acid in the intestinal tract even in the presence of other acids.