pravastatin

English

Chemical structure of pravastatin

Etymology

From pra- (of unknown origin) +‎ -vastatin (“HMG CoA reductase inhibitor”).

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Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌpɹav.əˈstat.ɪn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹæv.əˌstæt.n̩/
• Rhymes: -ætɪn

Noun

pravastatin (uncountable)

1. (organic chemistry, pharmacology) A statin used to lower blood cholesterol levels, especially after a heart attack.
   • 2011 June, Ma Rosa Boleda, Ma Teresa Galceran, Francesc Ventura, “Behavior of pharmaceuticals and drugs of abuse in a drinking water treatment plant (DWTP) using combined conventional and ultrafiltration and reverse osmosis (UF/RO) treatments”, in Environmental Pollution, volume 159, number 6, →DOI, pages 1584-1591:

     Among statins, only simvastatin (up to 7.5 ng/L) and pravastatin (up to 40.4 ng/L) were identified in the raw water being these concentrations substantially higher than those found in the literature, 1 ng/L for pravastatin (Miao and Metcalfe, 2003) and 1.4 ng/L for atorvastatin and 1.0 ng/L for its metabolites o- and p-hydroxy atorvastatin in surface waters (Benotti et al., 2009).

References

• “pravastatin”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
• “pravastatin”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.