| abstract |
It is intended to provide a medicinal composition containing as the active ingredient a selective SGLT1 inhibitor (for example, an SGLT1 inhibitor substantially showing no GLUT2 and/or GLUT5 inhibitory effect) which exerts a sugar absorption inhibitory effect over a wide range, also has a hypoglycemi c effect caused by fructose intake in usual diet and thus can show an outstanding hypoglycemic effect and which is appropriate as a preventive or a remedy for diseases caused by hyperglycemia (for example, diabetes, impaired glucose tolerance, diabetic complications or obesity). |