New synthesis of simvastatin

Synthetic Communications

Volumn 38, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 4452-4459

  Singamsetty, Radha Krishna ^a   Vujjini, Satish Kumar ^a   Manne, Nagaraju ^a   Venkata Naga, Brahmeshwara Rao Mandava ^a   Himabindu, Vurimidi ^b   Battacharya, Apurba ^a   Ghanta, Mahesh Reddy ^a   Bandichhor, Rakeshwar ^a  

^a DR REDDY'S LABORATORIES LTD   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

3,4 Dihydro 2H pyran; Low density lipoprotein; Methylation; Simvastatin

Indexed keywords

3,4 DIHYDRO 2H PYRAN DERIVATIVE; HYDROXYL GROUP; LACTONE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; MEVINOLIN; PYRAN DERIVATIVE; SIMVASTATIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; METHYLATION; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 57349175717     PISSN: 00397911     EISSN: 15322432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00397910802369570     Document Type: Article

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