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Preferred term

Pravastatin  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Eptastatin

Scope note

  • An antilipemic fungal metabolite isolated from cultures of Nocardia autotrophica. It acts as a competitive inhibitor of HMG CoA reductase (HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COA REDUCTASES).

History note

  • 92; was PRAVASTATIN (NM) 1986-91

In other languages

  • Finnish

  • Pravabasic
  • Pravachol
  • Pravastatin Alternova
  • Pravastatin Arrow
  • Pravastatin Hexal
  • Pravastatin Orion
  • Pravastatin Ranbaxy
  • Pravastatin ratiopharm
  • Pravastatin Sandoz
  • pravastatinum
  • Swedish

  • Pravachol
  • Pravastatinnatrium

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D017035

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