| abstract |
Invention Patent: <B> "STARCH DERIVATIVES OR SALTS THEREOF" <D>. an amide derivative representing the following formula is disclosed: wherein ring B is a heteroaryl group; X is a bond or a lower alkylene group; R is a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group, an amino group, an aryl lower alkyl group or a haloaryl lower alkyl group or a salt thereof. a therapeutic agent for diabetes mellitus is also disclosed which has both an insulin secretion-promoting action and an insulin sensitivity-potentiating action and also which has anti-obesity and anti-hyperlipemia actions as a result of a selective stimulating action for beta ~ 3 ~ -receptors . |