| abstract |
Amidocarboxylic acid derivatives of the formula:wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom, etc.; R2 represents an alkylene group; R3 represents a hydrogen atom, etc.; R4 represents a hydrogen atom, etc.; X represents a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, etc.,; Y represents an oxygen atom, etc.; Z represents an alkylene group, etc.; and W represents an alkyl group, etc.; and pharmacologically acceptable salts thereof and pharmacologically acceptable esters thereof are useful as the active ingredient of pharmaceutical compositions. They may be used to treat specified diseases, including diabetes mellitus, hyperlipemia, arteriosclerosis, hypertension, etc. |