Method for preparing open-loop lovastatin
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- CN · China
- Current Assignee / Owner
- BEIJING WBL PEKING UNIV BIOTECH
- Publication Date
- 2010-03-03
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable · inactive patent
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[0001] The invention relates to a method for preparing lovastatin, in particular to a method for preparing ring-opening lovastatin by using monascus. Background technique
[0002] Lovastatin (LOVASTATIN), chemical name: (S)-2-methylbutanoic acid-(1S,3S,7S,8S,8aR)-1,2,3,7,8,8a-hexahydro-3 , 7-dimethyl-8-{2-[(2R,4R)-4-hydroxyl-6 oxo-2-tetrahydropyranyl]-ethyl}-1-naphthyl ester; molecular formula is C 24 h 36 o 5 , molecular weight 404.55.
[0003] Lovastatin is a fermentation product of Monascus and Aspergillus terreus, a 3-hydroxy-3-methylpentanediate coenzyme A (HMGCoA) reductase inhibitor, which has a very obvious effect of lowering blood lipids. Widely used in clinical and health products. Lovastatin has two structural forms of open ring and closed ring. Because the closed ring structure is relatively stable, it is used as the structural form of chemical medicine products for clinical use. In 1987, Merck's lipid-lowering drug lovastatin (lovastatin, M...