| abstract |
This invention is concerned with novel piperidine-amide derivatives of formula (I) (see formula I) wherein R1, R2, X and Y are as defined in the description and in the claims, as well as physiologically acceptable salts and esters thereof. These compounds inhibit L-CPT1 and can be used as medicaments for the therapeutic or prophylactic treatment of hyperglycemia, glucose tolerance disorders, diabetes and associated pathologies, non insulin dependent diabetes mellitus, obesity, hypertension, insulin resistance syndrome, metabolic syndrome, hyperlipidemia, hypercholesterolemia, fatty liver disease, atherosclerosis, congestive heart failure or renal failure. |