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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...
- 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...
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various forms of statins, some of
which include atorvastatin, fluvastatin,
lovastatin, pitavastatin, pravastatin, rosuvastatin, and simvastatin. Combination...
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prompted research into its
possible medical uses. The
naturally occurring lovastatins and
analogs are
called monacolins K, L, J, and also
occur in
their hydroxyl...
- HMG-CoA
reductase inhibitors including simvastatin,
simvastatin acid,
lovastatin, fluvastatin,
atorvastatin and
cerivastatin inhibit the
metabolism of...
-
statins found in
fungi include mevastatin from
Penicillium citrinum and
lovastatin from
Aspergillus terreus and the
oyster mushroom.
Psilocybin from fungi...
- like xylanase. It was also the
initial source for the drug
mevinolin (
lovastatin), a drug for
lowering serum cholesterol.
Aspergillus terreus can cause...
- USDA and by Pfizer.
Several statin cholesterol-lowering
drugs (such as
lovastatin, from
Aspergillus terreus) are
derived from molds. The immunosuppressant...
- and
colleagues isolated lovastatin from a
strain of the
fungus Aspergillus terreus.
While developing and
researching lovastatin,
Merck scientists synthetically...
