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mevastatin

mevastatin noun: a statin, produced by the mould Penicillium citrinum, used in the production of pravastatin.

Noun

mevastatin (uncountable)

  1. A statin, produced by the mould Penicillium citrinum, used in the production of pravastatin.

Origin of mevastatin

From [Term?] + -vastatin (“HMG CoA reductase inhibitor”).

Words formed from mevastatin

Questions about mevastatin

What does mevastatin mean?
Mevastatin means a statin, produced by the mould Penicillium citrinum, used in the production of pravastatin.
What part of speech is mevastatin?
Mevastatin is a noun.

Words near mevastatin in the dictionary

  1. mevalonates
  2. mevalonic
  3. mevalonic acid
  4. mevalonolactone
  5. mevalonolactones
  6. mevastatin
  7. mevinolin
  8. mevinphos
  9. Mevlevi
  10. Mevlevis
  11. MEVN

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