Abatract-The hypolipidemic action of 1,1-bis [4'-(l"-carboxy-1"-methylpropoxy)phenyl] cyclohexane (S-8527) was studied in rats, mice and rabbits under various ex perimental conditions to compare the effects with those of clofibrate. Oral ingestion of S-8527 to normal rats for 7 days lowered serum triglycerides and cholesterol by about 27% at 1 mg/kg and 20% at 3 mg/kg, respectively. The hypolipidemic effect of S-8527 was considered to be twenty to thirty times more potent than that of clo fibrate but a hepatomegalic effect of S-8527 was not observed at its effective dose ranging from 1 to 30 mg/kg. S-8527 at 3 mg/kg decreased liver triglyceride concen tration by about 20% but the decrease of triglyceride concentration was not ob served in clofibrate treated groups. Liver cholesterol concentration was not decreased with any of the doses of S-8527 while clofibrate decreased liver cholesterol concen tration by about 20% at 300 mg/kg. However, there were no differences in total content of cholesterol in liver between S-8527 and clofibrate treated groups. With Triton injected rats, a single oral dose of 100 mg/kg of S-8527 depressed the increase of serum triglycerides by about 50% while clofibrate did not. In glycerol-fed rats, S-8527 decreased serum and liver triglycerides more effectively than clofibrate, and in normal mice and cholesterol-fed mice, S-8527 was found to be more active than clo fibrate, however the hepatornegalic effect of S-8527 was less than that of clofibrate. Hypolipidemic effects in rabbits were not observed with either S-8527 or clofibrate.During a course of studies on hypolipidemic activity of various compounds synthe sized in our laboratory, we found that a new aryloxy compound, 1,1-bis [4'-(1 "-carboxy 1 "-methylpropoxy)phenyl] cyclohexane (S-8527) caused a marked decrease in serum lipids level at a smaller dose than that required for clofibrate and that there was a less hepatic effect at the effective dose in rats (1, 2). As studies concerning the dose-response relation ship in a wider range of doses of S-8527 were not included in the previous report (1), we do so herein.Recently, several new compounds of this class have been reported to show a lipid-low ering effect in rats and humans at a smaller dose than that required for clofibrate, but one of the general biological features of these compounds is that there is a marked hepatome galic effect in parallel with the hypolipidemic activity in the rodent (3-7).In the present study, an elucidation of the dose=response relationship for hypolipi demic activity of S-8527 in normal rats and its effect on hyperlipidemia induced by Triton injection, cholesterol feeding and glycerol loading in rats and mice are given. Hypolipidemic activity of S-8527 in normal mice and rabbits is also investigated.