Compounds which are inhibitors of cholesterol biosynthesis (by inhibiting de novo squalene biosynthesis), and thus are useful as hypocholesterolemic agents and antiatherosclerotic agents are provided which have the structure ##STR1## and analogs thereof, wherein R.sup.1, R.sup.2, R.sup.3 and R.sup.4 are the same or different and are H, lower alkyl, a metal ion or a prodrug ester; R.sup.5 is H, halogen or lower alkyl; Zq is substituted alkenyl, substituted alkynyl, mixed alkenyl-alkynyl or substituted phenylalkyl or, phenylalkenyl or phenylalkynyl, or alkyl, including all stereoisomers thereof. New methods for using such compounds to inhibit cholesterol biosynthesis are also provided.
提供了一种抑制
胆固醇生物合成(通过抑制新生
角鲨烯生物合成)的化合物,因此可用作降
胆固醇药物和
抗动脉粥样硬化药物,其结构为##STR1##及其类似物,其中R.sup.1、R.sup.2、R.sup.3和R.sup.4相同或不同,为H、较低烷基、
金属离子或前药酯;R.sup.5为H、卤素或较低烷基;Zq为取代烯基、取代炔基、混合烯基-炔基或取代苯基烷基、苯基烯基或苯基炔基,或烷基,包括其所有立体异构体。还提供了使用这些化合物抑制
胆固醇生物合成的新方法。