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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2008
Gozoh Tsujimoto, Kyoto, JP;
Akira Hirasawa, Kyoto, JP;
Naoki Miyata, Nagoya, JP;
Takayoshi Suzuki, Nagoya, JP;
Yoshiyuki Takahara, Kyoto, JP;
Masaji Ishiguro, Takarazuka, JP;
Mie Hata, Kyoto, JP;
Gozoh Tsujimoto, Kyoto, JP;
Akira Hirasawa, Kyoto, JP;
Naoki Miyata, Nagoya, JP;
Takayoshi Suzuki, Nagoya, JP;
Yoshiyuki Takahara, Kyoto, JP;
Masaji Ishiguro, Takarazuka, JP;
Mie Hata, Kyoto, JP;
Japan Science and Technology Agency, Saitama, JP;
Kyoto University, Kyoto, JP;
Nagoya City University, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
Disclosed is a novel aralkyl carboxylic acid compound which has an agonistic activity on GPR-120 and/or GPR-40, particularly GPR-120, and is therefore useful as an appetite regulator, an anti-obesity agent, a therapeutic agent for diabetes, a pancreatic beta differentiating cell growth enhancer, a therapeutic agent for metabolic syndrome, a therapeutic agent for a gastrointestinal disease, a therapeutic agent for a neuropathy, a therapeutic agent for a mental disorder, a therapeutic agent for a pulmonary disease, a therapeutic agent for a pituitary hormone secretion disorder or a lipid flavoring/seasoning agent. The aralkyl carboxylic acid compound is represented by the general formula (I). (I) wherein the ring Q represents a pyridyl or the like; Rrepresents a Calkyl group or the like; Rrepresents a hydrogen atom, a Calkyl group or a Calkoxy group; m and n independently represent an integer of 1 to 5; and X represents an oxygen atom, a sulfur atom or —NR— [wherein Rrepresents a hydrogen atom or a Calkyl group].