As part of the search for new antirheumatic agents, three types of 3-benzoylpropionic acid derivatives having a mercapto moiety in their structures were prepared, and tested for suppressing activity on adjuvant arthritis in Sprague-Dawley rats. A structure-activity relationship study showed that substitution on the phenyl ring contributed to the activity and the most favorable substituent was different in each type of derivative.
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Kameo et al. (1988) studied this question.