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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 1993
Filed:
Oct. 21, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kengo Akimoto, Osaka, JP;
Sumio Asami, Ibaraki, JP;
Michihiro Sugano, Fukuoka, JP;
Nobuaki Hirose, Fukuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Suntory Limited, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514470 ; 514469 ;
Abstract
A method of inhibiting the metabolism of cholesterol, comprising administering to a subject a pharmaceutical composition comprising a dioxabicyclo[3.3.0]octane derivative represented by the following general formula (I): ##STR1## wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3, R.sup.4, R.sup.5 and R.sup.6 independently represent a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, or R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 and/or R.sup.4 and R.sup.5 together form a methylene group or an ethylene group, and n, m and l are 0 or 1.