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Lovastatin

United States Pharmacopeia (USP) Reference Standard

Synonym(s):

Mevinolin

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Empirical Formula (Hill Notation):
C24H36O5
CAS Number:
75330-75-5
Molecular Weight:
404.54
MDL number:
MFCD07636775
UNSPSC Code:
41116107
NACRES:
NA.24
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grade

pharmaceutical primary standard

API family

lovastatin

manufacturer/tradename

USP

application(s)

pharmaceutical (small molecule)

format

neat

SMILES string

O1[C@@H](C[C@H](CC1=O)O)CC[C@@H]2[C@H]3[C@H](C[C@H](C=C3C=C[C@@H]2C)C)OC(=O)[C@H](CC)C

InChI

1S/C24H36O5/c1-5-15(3)24(27)29-21-11-14(2)10-17-7-6-16(4)20(23(17)21)9-8-19-12-18(25)13-22(26)28-19/h6-7,10,14-16,18-21,23,25H,5,8-9,11-13H2,1-4H3/t14-,15-,16-,18+,19+,20-,21-,23-/m0/s1

InChI key

PCZOHLXUXFIOCF-BXMDZJJMSA-N

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General description

This product is provided as delivered and specified by the issuing Pharmacopoeia. All information provided in support of this product, including SDS and any product information leaflets have been developed and issued under the Authority of the issuing Pharmacopoeia.For further information and support please go to the website of the issuing Pharmacopoeia.

Application

Lovastatin USP reference standard, intended for use in specified quality tests and assays as specified in the USP compendia. Also, for use with USP monographs such as:
  • Lovastatin Tablets
  • Simvastatin
  • Simvastatin Tablets

Analysis Note

These products are for test and assay use only. They are not meant for administration to humans or animals and cannot be used to diagnose, treat, or cure diseases of any kind.  ​

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Sales restrictions may apply.

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Health hazard
GHS08

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Warning

Hazard Classifications

Carc. 2 - Repr. 2

Storage Class

11 - Combustible Solids

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Not applicable

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Not applicable

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The American journal of cardiology, 89(12), 1374-1380 (2002-06-14)
The cholesterol-lowering agents, known as statins, have been in use for 15 years and are among the most commonly prescribed drugs. Animal studies and premarketing clinical trials have given signals of hepatotoxicity, primarily minor elevations in serum alanine aminotransferase enzyme
Eli E Bar et al.
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D S Alejandro et al.
Journal of the American Society of Nephrology : JASN, 5(2), 153-160 (1994-08-01)
Acute renal failure can occur in cardiac transplant patients for a variety of reasons. A case of a patient who developed acute renal failure secondarily to drug-induced rhabdomyolysis is reported. The literature regarding acute renal failure and lovastatin and other
Enrico Peiretti et al.
Experimental eye research, 124, 11-16 (2014-05-06)
Starting from previous studies showing that patients with cognitive deficit present neutral lipids (NLs) accumulation in cytoplasm of their peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) and considering that there is epidemiological evidence linking age-related macular degeneration (AMD) to cognitive deficit, the
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SKUGTIN
1370600-125MG04061838731623

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