Substituted aromatic compounds and pharmaceutical compositions for prevention and treatment of diabetes

摘要

The present invention concerns the use of compounds for preventing and/or treating diabetes, for modulating glucose, insulin, and/or triglyceride levels; for reducing blood glucose level; for maintaining or increasing insulin level; for increasing insulin secretion; increasing insulin sensitivity; or decreasing insulin resistance in a subject. These novel uses have been found for compounds represented by Formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts. wherein A is C5 alkyl, C6 alkyl, C5 alkenyl, C6 alkenyl, C(0)-(CH2)n-CH3 or CH(OH)-(CH2)n-CH3 wherein n is 3 or 4; R1 is H, F or OH; R2 is C5 alkyl, C6 alkyl, C5 alkenyl, C6 alkenyl, C(0)-(CH2)n-CH3 or CH(OH)-(CH2)n-CH3 wherein n is 3 or 4; R3 is H, F, OH or CH2Ph; R4 is H, F or OH; Q is 1) (CH2)mC(O)OH wherein m is 1 or 2, 2) CH(CH3)C(O)OH, 3) C(CH3)2 C(O)OH, 4) CH(F)- C(O)OH, 5) CF2- C(O)OH, or 6) C(O)- C(O)OH.