A benzimidazole compound or a salt thereof which has an inhibitory action of forming of macrophages and is useful as an active ingredient of an orally available medicament for preventive and/or therapeutic treatment of arteriosclerosis, which is represented by the formula (I):
wherein, R1 represents one or more functional groups on the benzene ring selected from the group consisting of hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, a lower alkyl group and a lower alkoxy group; R2 represents hydrogen atom, an alkyl group or an acyl group; L represents a C4-C8 alkylene group or an ethyleneoxy linking group represented as (CH2CH2O)nCH2CH2 wherein n represents 1 or 2; X represents O or NH; Y represents S or a single bond; and Q represents a 5- or 6-membered heterocyclic group which may have a functional group on the ring.
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苯并咪唑化合物或其盐,具有抑制巨噬细胞形成的作用,可作为预防和/或治疗动脉硬化的口服药物的有效成分,由式(I)表示:
其中,R1 代表苯环上的一个或多个官能团,选自氢原子、卤素原子、低级烷基和低级烷氧基组成的组;R2 代表氢原子、烷基或酰基;L 代表 C4-C8 亚烷基或
乙烯氧基连接基团,代表 (CH2CH2O)nCH2CH2,其中 n 代表 1 或 2;X 代表 O 或 NH;Y 代表 S 或单键;Q 代表环上可能带有官能团的 5 或 6 元杂环基团。