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orlistat

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More on Lactones Definition: Cyclic esters of hydroxy carboxylic acids, containing a 1-oxacycloalkan-2-one structure. Large cyclic lactones of over a dozen atoms are MACROLIDES.  pyran-2-ones: index PYRONES + LACTONES but BENZOPYRAN-2-ONES is available; for cyclic lactones over 12 atoms consider MACROLIDES   
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSourceDrugs*
orlistat [ 1-((3-hexyl-4-oxo-2-oxetanyl)methyl)dodecyl-2-formamido-4-methylvalerate,Alli,GlaxoSmithKline brand of orlistat,Hoffmann-La Roche brand of orlistat,Roche brand of orlistat,THLP,Xenical,tetrahydrolipastatin,tetrahydrolipstatin ]
  isolated from Streptomyces toxytricini; inhibits 3C protease, viral 		96829-58-2 L-Leucine, N-formyl-, 1-((3-hexyl-4-oxo-2-oxetanyl)methyl)dodecyl ester, (2S-(2alpha(R*),3beta))  *Lactones Lipase/antagonists & inhibitors
Pharma Action Enzyme Inhibitors; Anti-Obesity Agents 		Int J Obes 1987;11 Suppl 3:35 ALLI; XENICAL

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