Pitavastatin lactone is a major Pitavastatin metabolite in humans. Pitavastatin is a potent competitive inhibitor of HMG-CoA reductase little metabolized in hepatic microsomes.

[pSer2, pSer5, pSer7]-CTD is a substrate for CDK7(cyclin-dependent protein kinase), a phosphorylated polypeptide at ser2, ser5, and ser7 of RNA polymerase II carboxyl terminus (CTD).

3-O-p-Coumaroylquinic acid, hydroxycinnamic acid derivative, is isolated from a 70% methanolic Crataegus extract (Crataegi folium cum flore).