| abstract |
(57) [Problem] To provide a preventive or therapeutic agent for various diseases in which a nuclear transcription factor, peroxosome proliferation activating receptor (PPAR) α or γ, is activated by activating the same. It is. The present invention provides a medicine containing a benzothiophene derivative represented by the following general formula as an active ingredient. The compound of the present invention has the ability to activate strong PPARα or γ, has low toxicity and good oral absorption, It is expected to be useful as a prophylactic or therapeutic agent for various diseases related to various diseases related to activation of PPARα or γ. |