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Hiroo Koyama1, Julia K Boueres, Daniel J Miller
1Department of Medicinal Chemistry, Merck Research Laboratories, PO Box 2000 Rahway, NJ 07065, USA. hiroo_koyama@merck.com
Abstract:
A SAR study was conducted on chromane-2-carboxylic acid toward selective PPARalpha agonisim. As a result, highly potent, and selective PPARalpha agonists were discovered. The optimized compound 43 exhibited robust lowering of total cholesterol levels in hamster and dog animal models.
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