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US 3,947,588 AGranted
Cyclopropane carboxylic acid derivatives for lowering the level of ketone bodies
AssigneeSchering Corporation
InventorsMargaret H. Sherlock, Nathan Sperber
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are 2-(4-biphenyl)-cyclopropane carboxylic acids, which compounds are useful in alleviating inflammation, pain, hypoglycemia and ketosis.
Claims5
A method for lowering the level of ketone bodies in the bloodstream in a ketotic mammal comprising administering to said mammal a therapeutically effective amount for lowering the level of ketone bodies in the bloodstream in said mammal of a composition of the formula ##SPC3##
- wherein X, Y and Z are independently hydrogen, halogen, trifluoromethyl, hydroxy, nitro, lower alkyl or lower alkylthio;
- and R' is hydrogen, an alkyl having 1 to 12 carbon atoms or a pharmaceutically acceptable cation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.