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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 1995
Filed:
Dec. 28, 1993
Hiroshi Kogen, Tokyo, JP;
Sadao Ishihara, Tokyo, JP;
Teiichiro Koga, Tokyo, JP;
Eiichi Kitazawa, Tokyo, JP;
Nobufusa Serizawa, Tokyo, JP;
Kiyoshi Hamano, Tokyo, JP;
Sankyo Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Compounds of formula (I): ##STR1## [wherein R.sup.1 represents a group of formula (II) or (III): ##STR2## R.sup.2 is alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl; R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are each hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl or alkynyl; R.sup.5 is hydrogen or a carboxy-protecting group; R.sup.a is hydrogen or a group of formula and --OR.sup.6 ; R.sup.6, R.sup.6a and R.sup.6b are each hydrogen, a hydroxy-protecting group, alkyl, alkanesulfonyl, halogenated alkanesulfonyl or arylsulfonyl] and their salts and esters have the ability to inhibit the synthesis of cholesterol, and can thus be used for the treatment and prophylaxis of hypercholesterolemia and of various cardiac disorders.