AMU Medical AMU Solved Paper-2014

  • question_answer
    Statin, a blood-cholesterol lowering agent, is commercially obtained from

    A)  Trichoderma polysporum

    B)  Acetobacter aceti

    C)  Clostridium butyricum

    D)  Monascus purpureus

    Correct Answer: D

    Solution :

                    Statins produced by the yeast Monascus purpureus have been commercially used as blood-cholesterol lowering agents. It is involved in competitive inhibition of the enzyme responsible for the synthesis of cholesterol.


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