DIHYDRONAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE COMPOUNDS AND AGENT COMPRISING THE DERIVATIVE AS ACTIVE INGREDIENT

摘要

Compounds represented by the following general formula (I): (I) wherein each symbol has the meaning as defined in the description; salts thereof and drugs for controlling peroxisome proliferation-activated receptor which contain these compounds as the active ingredient. Because of having an activity of controlling peroxisome proliferation-activated receptor, the compounds of the general formula (I) are useful as hypoglycemics, lipid-lowering agents, preventives and/or remedies for metabolic errors such as diabetes, obesity, syndrome X, hypercholesterolemia and hyperlipoproteinemia, preventives and/or remedies for hyperlipemia, arteriosclerosis, hypertension, circulatory diseases, over-eating, ischemic heart diseases, etc., HDL cholesterol-elevating agents, LDL cholesterol and/or VLDL cholesterol-lowering agents and risk factor relieving agents for diabetes and syndrome X.