Disclosed herein are compounds of formula (I) that may be specific to PPAR and/or EGF receptors, and methods of making and using same.wherein X is C1-C3alkylene, optionally substituted with one, two or three substituents selected from halogen or hydroxyl;R1 is selected from the group consisting of C1-C6alkyl, C3-C6cycloalkyl, C2-C6alkenyl, and C2-C6alkynyl;R2 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and C1-C6alkyl;R3 is independently selected, for each occurrence from the group consisting of hydrogen, C1-C6alkoxy, C1-C6alkyl, cyano, C3-C6cycloalkyl, halogen, hydroxyl, and nitro;R4 is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen and C1-C6alkyl;R5 is hydrogen C1-C6alkyl;or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or N-oxides thereof.