| abstract |
PCT No. PCT/JP96/01949 Sec. 371 Date Jan. 16, 1998 Sec. 102(e) Date Jan. 16, 1998 PCT Filed Jul. 12, 1996 PCT Pub. No. WO97/03970 PCT Pub. Date Feb. 6, 1997Benzimidazole compounds represented by the formula set out below and analogs thereof, wherein Y represents a single bond or sulfur atom; Z represents oxygen atom, sulfur atom, or N-R4; R1 and R2 independently represent hydrogen, a halogen atom, alkyl group or other; R1 and R4 independently represent hydrogen, alkyl group, acyl group or other; n and m independently represent an integer of 1, 2, or 3; and L represents a linking group such as C2-12 alkylene group or an alkylene group containing one or more phenylene groups or ether groups. The compounds are useful as an active ingredient of a medicament such as a preventive and therapeutic medicament for hyperlipemia or arterial sclerosis. |