Oleic Acid-2,6-diisopropylanilide

AcylCoA:cholesterol acyltransferase (ACAT) is an intracellular cholesteryl ester synthase tied closely to the absorption of dietary cholesterol.1 Oleic acid-2,6-diisopropylanilide is an inhibitor of acylCoA:cholesterol acyltransferase with an IC50 of 7 nM.2 When co-administered to rabbits or rats fed a high fat, high cholesterol diet, oleic acid-2,6-diisopropylanilide decreased low density lipoproteins and elevated high density lipoprotein levels when administered at 0.05%.

[1]Roth, et al. Inhibitors of acyl-CoA: Cholesterol acyltransferase. 1. Identification and structure-activity relationship of a novel series of fatty acid anilide hypocholesterolemic agents. J. Med. Chem. 35(9), 1609-1617 (1992).