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Fatty acid oxidation inhibitors
Fatty acid oxidation
inhibitors
are a new
potent
class of drugs
used in
treatment
of
stable angina
pectoris and an addition in treatment of
chronic heart failure
.
Drugs
CPT-I
inhibitors:
Etomoxir
,
Oxfenicine
,
Perhexiline
CPT-I
converts
fatty
acyl-CoA to fatty acyl-carnitine.
Carnitine biosynthesis
inhibitor:
Mildronate
3-KAT inhibitors:
Trimetazidine
3-KAT inhibitors directly inhibits
fatty acid
beta-oxidation
.
pFOX directly inhibits fatty
acid
beta-oxidation.