Description
A cyclodepsipeptide inhibitor of lipid droplet formation; inhibits lipid droplet formation at 3 and 10 µM and inhibits cholesterol synthesis (IC50 = 0.41 µM) in primary mouse peritoneal macrophages; inhibits ACAT activity in mouse macrophage membranes (IC50 = 5.5 µM); reduces the size of aortic atherosclerotic lesions in Ldlr-/- and ApoE-/- mouse models of atherosclerosis at 25 and 50 mg/kg
Formal name: cyclo[L-alanyl-D-alloisoleucyl-(3S,4S)-3-hydroxy-4-methyloctanoyl-L-phenylalanyl]
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Molecular weight: 487.6
CAS: 221111-70-2
Purity: ≥95%
Formulation: A solid