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                                                            Synthetic organic
                                 
                                
                                    
                                        Comment: Meglutol is a hypolipidemic (lipid-lowering) agent. It is thought to inhibit HMG-CoA reductase and interfere with the conversion of acetate to HMG-CoA [1].
                                    
                                 
                            
                            
                          
                                
                                    
                                
                          
                                   
                                   
                                  
                                      
                                     
                                   
                                   
                                    
                                    
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Classification ![]()  | 
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| Compound class | Synthetic organic | 
IUPAC Name ![]()  | 
                                                        
| 3-hydroxy-3-methylpentanedioic acid | 
International Nonproprietary Names ![]()  | 
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| INN number | INN | 
| 4448 | meglutol | 
Database Links ![]()  | 
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| CAS Registry No. | 503-49-1 (source: Scifinder) | 
| ChEMBL Ligand | CHEMBL50444 | 
| DrugBank Ligand | DB04377 | 
| DrugCentral Ligand | 1670 | 
| GtoPdb PubChem SID | 178100248 | 
| PubChem CID | 1662 | 
| RCSB PDB Ligand | MAH | 
| Search Google for chemical match using the InChIKey | NPOAOTPXWNWTSH-UHFFFAOYSA-N | 
| Search Google for chemicals with the same backbone | NPOAOTPXWNWTSH | 
| Search PubMed clinical trials | meglutol | 
| Search PubMed titles | meglutol | 
| Search PubMed titles/abstracts | meglutol | 
| UniChem Compound Search for chemical match using the InChIKey | NPOAOTPXWNWTSH-UHFFFAOYSA-N | 
| UniChem Connectivity Search for chemical match using the InChIKey | NPOAOTPXWNWTSH-UHFFFAOYSA-N | 
| Wikipedia | Meglutol | 
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                                                                           Meglutol (links to external site) 
                                                                    
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