statin

class of drugs used to lower cholesterol levels
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statin

Summary

statin is a drug class[1]. statin draws 304 Wikipedia views per month (drug_class category, ranking #14 of 81).[2]

Key Facts

  • statin's instance of is recorded as drug class[3].
  • statin's instance of is recorded as group or class of chemical entities[4].
  • statin is a type of medication[5].
  • statin is a type of anticholesteremic agents[6].
  • statin is a type of enzyme inhibitor[7].
  • statin is a type of oxidoreductase inhibitor[8].
  • statin is part of response to statin[9].
  • statin's Commons category is recorded as Statins[10].
  • statin's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Statins[11].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include drug class[3] and group or class of chemical entities[4]. Recorded subclass of include medication[5], anticholesteremic agents[6], enzyme inhibitor[7], and oxidoreductase inhibitor[8].

Use and Application

statin is part of response to statin[9].

Why It Matters

statin draws 304 Wikipedia views per month (drug_class category, ranking #14 of 81).[2] statin has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] statin is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Medical Subject Headings. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Medical Subject Headings. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . en.wikipedia.org. en.wikipedia.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Gene Ontology release 2020-05-02. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). statin. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/statin
MLA “statin.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/statin.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_statin_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{statin}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/statin}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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  1. 16h ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Chemical structure 4.statinscompounds.png
    Part of response to statin
    Instance of drug class, group or class of chemical entities
    Subclass of medication, anticholesteremic agents, enzyme inhibitor +1
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P2347]]: 15649, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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