Synonyms: Canef® | Lescol®
fluvastatin is an approved drug (FDA (1993))
Compound class:
Synthetic organic
Comment: Fluvastatin is a member of the cholesterol-lowering statin family of drugs. The approved drug is a racemic mixture of a 3R, 5S isomer and a 3S, 5R isomer, and this is supported by the INN document which also indicates a racemate. The 3R, 5S isomer (shown here, and in the PubChem link below) is more pharmacologically active [1,4]. The other isomer is represented by CID 1548972. Representations of the stereochemistry of fluvastatin shown on the resources linked to below may vary from the structure shown here. The majority of the references we cite for our biological activity data do not specify whether the racemate or a specific stereoisomer were used in their experiments.
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References |
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