"Pravastatin" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An antilipemic fungal metabolite isolated from cultures of Nocardia autotrophica. It acts as a competitive inhibitor of HMG CoA reductase (HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COA REDUCTASES).
| Descriptor ID |
D017035
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.455.426.559.847.638.930 D04.615.638.930
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| Concept/Terms |
Pravachol- Pravachol
- Elisor
- Selektine
- Lipostat
- Pravacol
- Pravasin
SQ-31000- SQ-31000
- SQ 31000
- SQ31000
- SQ-31,000
- SQ 31,000
- SQ31,000
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| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pravastatin" by people in Profiles.
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Influence of Statins and Cholesterol on Mortality Among Patients With Pancreatic Cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2017 05; 109(5).