Dihydromonacolin L and monacolin X, new metabolites those inhibit cholesterol biosynthesis

The Journal of Antibiotics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1985, Pages 321-327

  Nakamura, Tsuneo ^b   Kunishima, Mamoru ^b   Masuda, Minoru ^b  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b NIPPON KAYAKU CO LTD   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID C 14; DIHYDROMONACOLIN L; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE; MONACOLIN X; NEW DRUG; RADIOISOTOPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL SYNTHESIS; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG ANALYSIS; DRUG COMPARISON; DRUG IDENTIFICATION; DRUG ISOLATION; DRUG METABOLISM; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG STRUCTURE; ENZYME INHIBITION; FUNGUS; IN VITRO STUDY; LIPOGENESIS; LIVER; MONASCUS RUBER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RAT; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

ANIMALS; ANTICHOLESTEREMIC AGENTS; ASCOMYCOTA; CHEMISTRY; CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; NAPHTHALENES; RATS;

EID: 0021999525     PISSN: 00218820     EISSN: 18811469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7164/antibiotics.38.321     Document Type: Article

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