申请人:KAO CORPORATION
公开号:US20030220398A1
公开(公告)日:2003-11-27
Provided is a method of treating hypertension, which comprises administering an effective amount of a compound represented by the following formula (1) or (2):
1
wherein, R
1
and R
2
are the same or different and each independently represents hydrogen, alkyl, alkenyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, alkoxyalkyl, aryl, alkylaryl, aralkyl, or acyl, R
3
represents hydroxyl, ester bond residue, or amide bond residue, R
4
represents ester bond residue or amide bond residue, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof (except ferulic acid).
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.
本发明提供了一种治疗高血压的方法,该方法包括施用有效量的下式(1)或(2)所代表的化合物:
1
其中,R
1
和 R
2
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,R
3
代表羟基、酯键残基或酰胺键残基,R
4
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)。
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。