| abstract |
A method for increasing high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol concentration and/or decreasing total cholesterol concentration and/or decreasing triglyceride concentration in human blood serum, which method comprises the administration of an effective, non-toxic amount of a compound selected from the list consisting of compounds of the, herein defined, formulae: (I), (II), (III), (IV), (V), (VI), (VII), (VIII), (IX), (X), (XI), (XII), (XIII), (XIV), (XV), (XVI), (XVII), (XVIII), (XIX), (XX), (XXI), (XXII), (XXIII), (XXIV), ( XXV ), (XXVI), (XXVII), (XXVIII), (XXIX) and (XXX); or, where appropriate, a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, ester or amide thereof. |