New pyrazolo-pyrrolo-pyrimidine-dione (PPPD) compounds of formula (I), ##STR1## where R.sub.1, R.sub.2, R.sub.3, R.sub.4 and m are as defined in the specification, e.g., 4-(benzoylmethyl)-6-cyclohexyl-6,7-dihydro-2-phenyl-4H-pyrazolo[1,5-a]pyrr olo[3,4-d]pyrimidine-5,8-dione, have been found to be potentially useful to treat warm-blooded animal patients suffering from the symptoms of atherosclerosis and cholesterol buildup to relieve the same and for favorably altering the high density lipoprotein (HDL) to low density lipoprotein (LDL) ratio in blood samples of such patients.
新型
吡唑并
吡咯并
嘧啶二
酮(P
PPD)化合物,其
化学式为(I),##
STR1## 其中R₁、R₂、R₃、R₄和m的定义如说明书所述,例如,4-(
苯甲酰
甲基)-6-
环己基-6,7-二
氢-2-
苯基-4H-
吡唑[1,5-a]
吡咯[3,4-d]
嘧啶-5,8-二
酮,被发现对治疗热血动物患者动脉粥样硬化和
胆固醇积聚的症状具有潜在的有用性,以缓解这些症状,并有利于改变这些患者血液样本中高密度脂蛋白(
HDL)与低密度脂蛋白(LDL)的比例。