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Orlistat was launched in the UK as Xenical for the long-term treatment of obesity, preferably in conjunction with a moderately reduced calorie diet. Orlistat is a tetrahydro-derivative of the natural hypolipaemic lipstatin (from Streptomyces toxyfncini) and can be obtained either by hydrogenation of lipstatine or by several different synthetic ways involving many steps from ( S ) - rnalic acid. Orlistat is a potent inhibitor of gastrointestinal lipases required for the lipolysis and digestion of dietary fat, in particular of pancreatic lipase ; as a result, it prevents the absorption of about one third of the fat contained in food and acts as an effective weight-reducing therapy. The outcomes of several clinical trials involving thousands of obese patients showed that Orlistat promotes a significant weight loss (often between 5 and 10% after one year) and improves cardiovascular risk factors such as total cholesterol, LDL/HDL ratio, blood glucose levels, insulin, blood pressure. Orlistat has minimal systemic absorption, the majority of the compound itself being recovered in the feces ; it does not affect other gastrointestinal processes, or the absorption of other rnacronutrients such as carbohydrates and proteins.

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Orlistat is an antiobesity agent. Orlistat is an pancreatic lipase inhibitor.

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Orlistat is a specific lipase inhibitor derived from lipostatin, which is naturally produced by Streptomyces toxytricini. Lipase inhibition induced by orlistat reduces the absorption of dietary fat, thereby contributing to caloric deficit.

Биологическая активность

Hypolipemic pancreatic, gastric and carboxylester lipase inhibitor. Exhibits no activity at phospholipase A 2 , liver esterase, trypsin and chymotrypsin. Inhibits the thioesterase domain of fatty acid synthase, leading to cell cycle arrest at the G 1 /S boundary in vitro . Prevents the absorption of approximately one third of fat from food and exhibits progastrokinetic, antiobesity and antihypercholesterolemic activity in vivo .