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... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Therapeutic Uses > Lipid Regulating Agents > Hypolipidemic Agents > Fatty Acid Synthesis Inhibitors
... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Toxic Actions > Noxae > Antimetabolites > Hypolipidemic Agents > Fatty Acid Synthesis Inhibitors
... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Pharmacologic Actions > Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action > Antimetabolites > Hypolipidemic Agents > Fatty Acid Synthesis Inhibitors

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Fatty Acid Synthesis Inhibitors  

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Scope note

  • Compounds that interfere with FATTY ACID SYNTHASE resulting in a reduction of FATTY ACIDS. This is a target mechanism in humans of some ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS and ANTI-OBESITY AGENTS and of some ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS which interfere with CELL WALL and CELL MEMBRANE formation.

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  • 2008

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D054872

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