-
Lovastatin, sold
under the
brand name
Mevacor among others, is a
statin medication, to
treat high
blood cholesterol and
reduce the risk of cardiovascular...
-
yeast rice.
Chemical analysis soon
showed that
lovastatin and
monacolin K were identical.
Lovastatin became the
patented prescription drug Mevacor. Red...
-
various forms of statins, some of
which include atorvastatin, fluvastatin,
lovastatin, pitavastatin, pravastatin, rosuvastatin, and simvastatin. Combination...
- and
colleagues isolated lovastatin from a
strain of the
fungus Aspergillus terreus.
While developing and
researching lovastatin,
Merck scientists synthetically...
- Niacin/
lovastatin (trade
names Advicor) was a drug
combination used for the
treatment of dyslipidemia. It was a
combination of the lipid-modifying drug/vitamin...
- highârisk patients. Atorvastatin, fluvastatin,
lovastatin, and
pravastatin are
alternatives fluvastatin,
lovastatin, pravastatin, and
simvastatin are alternatives...
- HMG-CoA
reductase inhibitors including simvastatin,
simvastatin acid,
lovastatin, fluvastatin,
atorvastatin and
cerivastatin inhibit the
metabolism of...
- like xylanase. It was also the
initial source for the drug
mevinolin (
lovastatin), a drug for
lowering serum cholesterol.
Aspergillus terreus can cause...
-
combined with
lovastatin (Advicor), and with
simvastatin (Simcor), as
prescription drug combinations. The
combination niacin/
lovastatin was
approved by...
- cholesterol-lowering drugs; the
first generation of
statins were
derived from fungi.
Lovastatin, the
first commercial statin, was
extracted from a
fermentation broth...
