Compounds which are useful as inhibitors of cholesterol biosynthesis and thus as hypocholesterolemic agents are provided which have the structure ##STR1## including salts thereof, wherein R is OH, lower alkoxy or lower alkyl; R.sup.x is H or alkyl; X is --O-- or --NH--; n is 1 or 2 Z is a hydrophobic anchor, such as ##STR2## wherein the dotted lines represent optional double bonds. New intermediates used in preparing the above compounds, pharmaceutical compositions containing such compounds and a method for using such compounds to inhibit cholesterol biosynthesis are also provided.
提供了作为
胆固醇生物合成
抑制剂和低
胆固醇药物的有用化合物,其结构为##STR1##包括其盐,其中R为OH、较低的烷氧基或较低的烷基;R.sup.x为H或烷基;X为--O--或--NH--;n为1或2,Z为疏
水锚,例如##STR2##其中虚线表示可选的双键。还提供了用于制备上述化合物的新中间体,含有此类化合物的药物组合物以及使用这些化合物抑制
胆固醇生物合成的方法。