Hypoglycaemically and hypolipidaemically effective n-substituted carboxylic acid amides

Abstract

An N-substituted carboxylic acid amide of the formula ##STR1## wherein A is a valency bond or an oxygen or sulphur atom or a methylene, ethylene, vinylene, ethyleneoxa or ethylenethia radical, V is a trivalent hydrocarbon radical containing up to 4 carbon atoms, R.sub.1 and R.sub.2 each independently is hydrogen, a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group or an alkyl or alkoxy radical, R.sub.3 is hydrogen, a hydroxyl group or an alkoxy radical, Y is an alkylene radical containing up to 3 carbon atoms, X is a valency bond or a divalent aliphatic hydrocarbon radical containing up to 6 carbon atoms, and D is a hydroxymethyl, formyl, free or esterified carboxyl or an N-substituted carbamoyl radical, or a physiologically compatible salt thereof, characterized by hypoglycaemic and hypolipidaemic activity.

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