| abstract |
Compounds represented by the following general formula (I) or salts thereof: (I) wherein each symbol is as defined in the description; and peroxisome proliferator activated receptor regulators containing the same as the active ingredient. Because of having an activity of regulating peroxisome proliferator activated receptors, the compounds represented by the general formula (I) are useful as hypoglycemics, hypolipidemics, preventives and/or remedies for metabolic errors such as diabetes, obesity, syndrome X, hypercholesterolemia and hyperlipoproteinemia, hyperlipemia, arteriosclerosi s, hypertension, circulatory diseases, hyperphagia, ischemic heart diseases, etc., HDL cholesterol-elevating agents, LDL cholesterol and/or VLDL cholesterol-lowering agents and risk factor-lowering agents for diabetes and syndrome X. |