Abstract: N-aralkylmoranoline and N-aralkenylmoranoline, and their pharmaceutical acceptable non-toxic acid addition salts thereof, pharmaceutical compositions containing the same and methods of inhibiting the increase in blood sugar level by administration of the same.

Abstract: 2-Hydroxymethyl-3,4,5-trihydroxypiperidines bearing a quaternary ammonium-substituted cinnamyl group on the piperidine nitrogen atom and their acid addition salts are antihyperglycemic agents. A typical example is 1-(4-trimethylammoniumcinnamyl)-2-hydroxymethyl-3,4,5-trihydroxypiperidine chloride.

Abstract: Bis(2-hydroxymethyl-3,4,5-trihydroxypiperidine-1-yl-propenyl) compounds and their acid addition salts are antihyperglycemic agents. Typical examples are 1,4-bis[3-(2-hydroxymethyl-3,4,5-trihydroxypiperidin-1-yl)prop-2-enyl] benzene and 1,3-bis-{4-[3-(2-hydroxymethyl-3,4,5-trihydroxy-piperidin-1-yl)prop-2-enyl ]phenoxy}propane.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of amide derivatives of abietic acid, dehydroabietic acid, dihydroabietic acid or tetrahydroabietic acid which comprises reacting abietic acid, dehydroabietic acid, dihydroabietic acid or tetrahydroabietic acid or a reactive derivative thereof with an amine of the following formula:HNRR'wherein R and R' are each hydrogen, a straight chain or branched alkyl group having 3 to 15 carbon atoms, a lower alkenyl group, a cycloalkyl group, a phenyl group, a phenylalkyl group and a phenylalkyl group having a lower alkyl group at the .alpha.-position, with the proviso that such amines where both R and R' are hydrogen or where one of R and R' is hydrogen and the other is phenyl are excluded.The invention further comprises the resulting abietamide derivative reaction products, compositions containing effective blood serum cholesterol-reducing amounts of said abietamide derivatives and their use as anti-arteriosclerotic agents.

Abstract: Process for the preparation of abietanilides which comprises reacting abietic acid, dihydroabietic acid, tetrahydroabietic acid or a reactive derivative thereof with aniline and the products thereby produced, compositions containing the same for reducing blood serum cholesterol and method of use of such compositions.

Abstract: Substituted N-phenyl and N-benzyl abietamide derivatives, including the dehydro-, dihydro-, and tetrahydroabietamide derivatives, are cholesterol lowering agents. The abietamide derivatives, of which N-(2,6-dimethylphenyl)-.DELTA..sup.8 -dihydroabietamide is a typical example, are produced by the reaction of abietic acid, dehydroabietic acid, dihydroabietic acid, tetrahydroabietic acid and/or active derivatives thereof with a substituted aniline or benzylamine.