| abstract |
Compounds represented by the following general formula (I) or salts thereof: (I) wherein each symbol is as defined in the description. Because of having an activity of controlling peroxisome proliferator-activated receptors, the compounds represented by the general formula (I) or salts thereof are useful as hypoglycemic drugs, lipid level-lowering drugs, preventives/remedies for metabolic errors such as diabetes, obesity, metabolic syndrome, hypercholesteremia and hyperlipoproteinemia, hyperlipemia, arteriosclerosis, hypertension, circulatory diseases, hyperphagia, ischemic heart diseases and so on, HDL cholesterol-elevating agents, LDL cholesterol and/or VLDL cholesterol-lowering agents, and drugs for relieving risk factors of diabetes and metabolic syndrome. |