Nature's cholesterol-lowering drug: Isolation and structure elucidation of lovastatin from red yeast rice-containing dietary supplements

Journal of Chemical Education

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 138-140

  Nazri, Maisarah Mohd ^a   Samat, Farah D ^a   Kavanagh, Pierce V ^a   Walsh, John J ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Chromatography; Drugs pharmaceuticals; IR spectroscopy; Laboratory instruction; Mass spectrometry; Natural products; NMR spectroscopy; Organic chemistry; Problem solving decision making; Upper division undergraduate

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855409749     PISSN: 00219584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ed1004195     Document Type: Article

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