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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 20, 1999
Jung Ho Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Tae Neung Jhong, Kyonggi-do, KR;
Young Ki Paik, Seoul, KR;
Joon Seo Park, Daejeon, KR;
Eui Deok Kim, Daejeon, KR;
You Suk Lee, Seoul, KR;
Seung Un Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Hanwha Chemical Corporation, , KR;
Abstract
The present invention provides a cholesterol biosynthesis inhibitor which specifically inhibits the sterol 14-reductase which is involved in the distal pathway of cholesterol biosynthesis, a compound of formula (1) below and the use of an extract or the compound of formula (1) for treating hypercholesterolaemia or hyperlipidaemia. The inhibitor comprises an extract obtained by extracting,with a solvent, or an organic layers obtained by partitioning an extract from,with an organic solvent. The extract contains 7,8,13,13&agr;-tetrahydrocoridaline or its derivative, as the active ingredients, which specifically inhibits the enzyme which is involved in the distal pathway of the cholesterol biosynthesis.