different between statin vs mevastatin

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From the suffix -statin, from terms such as lovastatin and simvastatin.

statin (plural statins)

(pharmacology) Any of a class of drugs (chiefly lactones or pyrroles) that lower the amount of cholesterol in the blood by inhibiting an enzyme involved in its biosynthesis.
(endocrinology) An inhibiting hormone; a hormone that is involved primarily in inhibiting the release of another hormone.

From [Term?] +? -vastatin (“HMG CoA reductase inhibitor”).

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mevastatin (uncountable)

(pharmacology) A statin, produced by the mould Penicillium citrinum, used in the production of pravastatin

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