Claims
- 1. The compound: ##STR6## or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a lower alkyl ester or a substituted lower alkyl ester wherein the substituent is phenyl, dimethylamino, or acetylamino.
- 2. The pharmaceutically acceptable salts of the compound of claim 1, wherein the cation is derived from ammonia, ethylenediamine, N-methylglucamine, lysine, arginine or ornithine.
- 3. The ammonium salt of Compound II of claim 1.
- 4. The ethylenediamine salt of Compound II of claim 1.
- 5. The lower alkyl esters and substituted lower alkyl esters of the compound II of claim 1.
- 6. The ethyl ester of Compound II of claim 1.
- 7. An antihypercholesterolemic pharmaceutical composition comprising a pharmaceutical carrier and an effective antihypercholesterolemic amount of the compound: ##STR7## or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a lower alkyl ester or a substituted lower alkyl ester wherein the substituent is phenyl, dimethylamino, or acetylamino.
- 8. The composition of claim 7 wherein the compound is a pharmaceutically acceptable salt wherein the cation is derived from ammonia, ethylenediamine, N-methylglucamine, lysine, arginine or ornithine.
- 9. The composition of claim 7 wherein the compound is the ammonium salt of Compound II.
- 10. The composition of claim 7 wherein the compound is the ethylenediamine salt of Compound II.
- 11. The composition of claim 7 wherein the compound is a lower alkyl ester or substituted lower aklyl ester of Compound II.
- 12. The composition of claim 7 wherein the compound is the ethyl ester of Compound II.
Parent Case Info
This is a division of application Ser. No. 207,508, filed Nov. 17, 1980, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,343,814.
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