Mevastatin

noun

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

Etymology

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

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penicillium citrinum

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