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pirinixic acid
n. A hypolipidemic, peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor agonist.
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Pirinixic acid
Pirinixic acid is a peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha (PPARĪ±) agonist that is under experimental investigation for prevention of severe cardiac dysfunction, cardiomyopathy and heart failure as a result of lipid accumulation within cardiac myocytes. Treatment is primarily aimed at individuals with an adipose triglyceride lipase (ATGL) enzyme deficiency or mutation because of the essential PPAR protein interactions with free fatty acid monomers derived from the ATGL catalyzed lipid oxidation reaction. It was discovered as WY-14,643 in 1974.