Details for Patent: 4,231,938
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Summary for Patent: 4,231,938
| Title: | Hypocholesteremic fermentation products and process of preparation |
| Abstract: | Substances isolated after cultivation of a microorganism belonging to the genus Aspergillus in a culture medium comprise a compound designated MSD803 which has the lactone structure: ##STR1## as well as its free hydroxy acid form. Together with salts and esters of the free acid form, these compounds form a class of highly active hypocholesteremic and hypolipemic medicaments. |
| Inventor(s): | Monaghan; Richard L. (Somerset, NJ), Alberts; Alfred W. (Short Hills, NJ), Hoffman; Carl H. (Scotch Plains, NJ), Albers-Schonberg; George (Princeton, NJ) |
| Assignee: | Merck & Co., Inc. (Rahway, NJ) |
| Application Number: | 06/048,946 |
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