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Lipstatin
A natural, irreversible inhibitor of pancreatic lipase, the enzyme that digests fats, isolated from the bacterium Streptomyces toxytricini and described in 1987: the anti-obesity drug orlistat is a saturated derivative of it. This family brings together the active ingredient and labelled standards.
Did you know?The bacterium builds it from three building blocks, linoleic acid, octanoic acid and the amino acid leucine; the molecule contains a small four-membered ring called a beta-lactone.
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