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.