pitavastatin   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 3035

Synonyms: itavastatin | Livalo®
Approved drug PDB Ligand
pitavastatin is an approved drug (FDA (2009))
Compound class: Synthetic organic
Comment: Pitavastatin is a statin drug.
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2D Structure
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Physico-chemical Properties
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Hydrogen bond acceptors 5
Hydrogen bond donors 3
Rotatable bonds 8
Topological polar surface area 90.65
Molecular weight 421.17
XLogP 3.87
No. Lipinski's rules broken 0
SMILES / InChI / InChIKey
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Canonical SMILES OC(CC(C=Cc1c(nc2c(c1c1ccc(cc1)F)cccc2)C1CC1)O)CC(=O)O
Isomeric SMILES O[C@H](C[C@@H](/C=C/c1c(nc2c(c1c1ccc(cc1)F)cccc2)C1CC1)O)CC(=O)O
InChI InChI=1S/C25H24FNO4/c26-17-9-7-15(8-10-17)24-20-3-1-2-4-22(20)27-25(16-5-6-16)21(24)12-11-18(28)13-19(29)14-23(30)31/h1-4,7-12,16,18-19,28-29H,5-6,13-14H2,(H,30,31)/b12-11+/t18-,19-/m1/s1
InChI Key VGYFMXBACGZSIL-MCBHFWOFSA-N
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Summary of Clinical Use Click here for help
Pitavastatin is used to treat high cholesterol in adults.
Mechanism Of Action and Pharmacodynamic Effects Click here for help
Like other statins, pitavastatin inhibits HMG CoA reductase (HMGCR) activity. As this enzyme is responsible for catalysing the first step of cholesterol synthesis, its inhibition reduces the amount of cholesterol produced.
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