Provided is use of a compound represented by the following formula (1) or (2):
wherein, R1 and R2 are the same or different and each independently represents hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, alkoxyalkyl, aryl, alkylaryl, aralkyl or acyl, R3 represents hydroxyl, ester bond residue or amide bond residue, R4 represents ester bond residue or an amide bond residue, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof (except ferulic acid) for preparing a preventive or remedy for hypertension.
When the preventive or remedy for hypertension according to the present invention is administered, ferulic acid exists in the blood for a long period of time, thereby continuously suppressing a blood pressure rise. Moreover, the hypertension preventive or remedy according to the present invention has reduced in bitterness peculiar to ferulic acid, which enables patients to take it continuously.
本发明提供了由下式(1)或(2)代表的化合物的用途:
其中,R1 和 R2 相同或不同,且各自独立地代表氢、烷基、烯基、环烷基、环烯基、烷氧基烷基、芳基、烷芳基、芳烷基或酰基,R3 代表羟基、酯键残基或酰胺键残基,R4 代表酯键残基或酰胺键残基,或其药学上可接受的盐(
阿魏酸除外),用于制备高血压的预防剂或治疗剂。
服用本发明的高血压预防或治疗药物时,
阿魏酸会长期存在于血液中,从而持续抑制血压升高。此外,根据本发明的高血压预防剂或治疗剂减少了
阿魏酸特有的苦味,使患者能够持续服用。