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Lovastatin is a cell-permeable HMG-CoA reductase inhibitor used to lower cholesterol.
Lovastatin is an orally-active hypocholesterolemic useful in the treatment of familial hypercholesterolemia. The drug acts by inhibiting the HMG-CoA reductase-catalyzed rate limiting step of cholesterol biosynthesis. While treatment with lovastatin leads to significant reductions in total and LDL cholesterol, its effect on atherosclerosis or coronary heart disease has not been established.
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Statins are the most extensively used class of lipid-lowering medication. Lovastatin is the second statin discovered by scientists.Later, the official name lovastatin was established. The activity of lovastatin is much better than compactin.In July 1982, lovastatin showed dramatic effects on lowering LDL cholesterol in patients with severe hypercholesterolemia who were unresponsive to the existedmedicines, with very few adverse reactions .
ChEBI: Lovastatin is a fatty acid ester that is mevastatin carrying an additional methyl group on the carbobicyclic skeleton. It is used in as an anticholesteremic drug and has been found in fungal species such as Aspergillus terreus and Pleurotus ostreatus (oyster mushroom). It has a role as an Aspergillus metabolite, a prodrug, an anticholesteremic drug and an antineoplastic agent. It is a polyketide, a statin (naturally occurring), a member of hexahydronaphthalenes, a delta-lactone and a fatty acid ester. It is functionally related to a (S)-2-methylbutyric acid and a mevastatin.