Imino ether derivative compounds and drugs containing the compounds as the active ingredient

摘要

The compound represented by formula (I) (wherein R<1> and R<2> are cyclic group which may have a substituent(s) and so on.; W is a spacer of which main chain has an atom number of 1-6.; X is -O- and so on.; ringA is cyclic group which may have a substituent(s).; Y is a spacer of which main chain has an atom number of 1-6 and so on.; Z is acidic group.) a salt thereof, a solvent thereof or an N-oxide thereof or a prodrug thereof Since the compounds in the present invention have a regulatory activity for peroxisome proliferator activated receptor, the compounds in the present invention are useful as a preventive and/or therapeutic agent for diseases associating metabolic disorders (e.g., hypercholesterolemia, hyperlipoproteinemia, etc.), hyperlipidemia, atherosclerosis, hypertension, circulatory diseases, overeating, ischemic heart diseases, etc., an HDL cholesterol-elevating agent, an LDL cholesterol and/or a VLDL cholesterol-lowering agent and a drug for relief from risk factors of diabetes or metabolic syndrom.