ANTIHYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIC COMPOUNDS

摘要

2212S/0985A 17377Y TITLE OF THE INVENTION ANTIHYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIC COMPOUNDS Novel 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl-coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitors which are useful as antihypercholesterolemic agents and are represented by the following general structural formulae (I) and (II): (I) 2212S/0985A - ii - 17377Y (II) and pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compounds (II) in which Z is hydrogen are disclosed.