Background:

Y-9738 is a hypolipidemic agent.

Y-9738 is a hypolipidemic agent. At 100 mg/kg Y-9738 lowers the cholesterol level by 36% and clearly diminishes the intensity of the β-lipoprotein band with a tendency for the α-lipoprotein band to be intensified. Y-9738 causes a dose-dependent decrease in serum cholesterol, triglyceride and heparin-precipitable β-lipoprotein cholesterol. Furthermore, Y-9738 reduces the intensity of the β-lipoprotein band shown by electrophoresis, and increases that of the α-lipoprotein band[1].

[1]. Kobayakawa T, et al. Experimental hyper-beta-lipoproteinemia and its amelioration by a novel hypolipidemic agent. Atherosclerosis. 1978 Jul;30(3):219-25.