| abstract |
Anilide derivatives of general formula (1) or salts thereof; and drugs containing the same as the active ingredient: [wherein R1 is alkoxy or the like; R2 is alkoxy or the like; R3 is hydrogen or the like; R4 is alkyl or the like; A is nitrogen or CR6 (wherein R6 is hydrogen or the like); B is nitrogen, CH, or the like; W is aryl or the like; D is oxygen or the like; E is an aromatic hydrocarbon ring or the like; G is a group of formula (a) or the like; X is oxygen or the like; Y is alkylene or the like; and the linkage between G and the adjacent nitrogen atom is a double or single bond (with the proviso that only when the linkage is a single bond, R5 is hydrogen or the like)]. The compounds exhibit excellent MTP-inhibitory activities and so on, and are useful as preventive and therapeutic drugs for hyperlipidemia, arteriosclerosis and so on. |