| abstract |
Compounds of general structure (I), wherein the central benzene ring may be substituted in the meta- or para-position; -A is an optionally substituted hydroxyl, alkoxyl, hydroxylamine, alkoxylamine or amine radical; -W is an N- and C-linked biradical selected from several possibilities; and -Z is a carbon radical selected from several possibilities. These compounds are PPARγ and PPARγ/PPARδ modulators and, therefore, are useful for the prophylactic and/or curative treatment of a condition or a disease mediated by these recetpcors. |