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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2007
Filed:
Jan. 20, 2006
Yukiyoshi Yamazaki, Higashimurayama, JP;
Tsutomu Toma, Kodaira, JP;
Masahiro Nishikawa, Nagoya, JP;
Hajime Yamada, Higashimurayama, JP;
Hidefumi Ozawa, Hachiouji, JP;
Ayumu Okuda, Higashimurayama, JP;
Kazutoyo Abe, Mitaka, JP;
Yukiyoshi Yamazaki, Higashimurayama, JP;
Tsutomu Toma, Kodaira, JP;
Masahiro Nishikawa, Nagoya, JP;
Hajime Yamada, Higashimurayama, JP;
Hidefumi Ozawa, Hachiouji, JP;
Ayumu Okuda, Higashimurayama, JP;
Kazutoyo Abe, Mitaka, JP;
Kowa Co., Ltd., Nagoya-shi, JP;
Abstract
The present invention provides a compound selectively activating PPARα, which is useful as a medicament. The present invention is specifically directed to a benzoic acid derivative represented by the following general formula (1): wherein A represents an oxygen atom, a nitrogen atom, or a sulfur atom; R represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group, an alkenyl group, an alkynyl group, a cycloalkyl group, a cycloalkyl-alkyl group, an aryl group, an aryl-alkyl group an aryl-oxy-alkyl group, a pyridyl-alkyl group, an alkoxycarbonyl-alkyl group, or a carboxy-alkyl group; X represents an oxygen atom, an NH group, or an S(O)group (wherein n represents an integer of 0, 1, or 2); and m represents an integer from 2 to 8; or a salt thereof. The present invention also provides a medicament comprising the benzoic acid derivative or the salt thereof as an active ingredient.