The invention provides application of a flavin
monooxygenase 3 inhibitor in preparation of a
medicine for preventing and / or treating
acute pancreatitis, and belongs to the technical field of medicines. The flavin
monooxygenase 3 inhibitor is
methimazole or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, a
prodrug or a derivative of
methimazole. Experimental results show that after the
methimazole is orally taken, the nidus area of animal
pancreatitis is obviously reduced, the
pathological score is obviously improved, the in-vivo
inflammation level is obviously inhibited, and the blood
amylase and
lipase levels are obviously reduced; the levels of
pancreatitis factors and chemotactic factors are reduced, and the
oxidative stress index is reduced. In addition, by combining methimazole with the
traditional Chinese medicine monomer for inhibiting the
trimethylamine oxide level, the
curative effect is better. Compared with the prior art, the application has the advantages that the core regulation effect of the
trimethylamine oxide in the
pathological process of the
acute pancreatitis is disclosed for the first time, the limitation of the traditional anti-inflammatory or
enzyme replacement therapy is broken through, and the
acute pancreatitis is treated by inhibiting the
trimethylamine oxide level by inhibiting the flavin
monooxygenase 3.