Patent Abstract:
a series of monoquarternary piperazium salts including a structure of a formula i or ii are provided . in formula i or ii , r 1 , r a , and rx are as defined in the specification . the monoquarternary piperazium salt of kmup or piperazine disclosed in the present invention is characterized by being presented in a pro - drug form and having various pharmaceutical functions .

Detailed Description:
the kmup or piperazine - based monoquarternary piperazium complex salts with 1 or 4 single bond prepared according to the embodiments in the present invention are shown as fig2 and 3 . the complex salts show lipid - lowering effect ( table 2 ), the effect on treating diabetes ( tables 3 - 5 ), anti - aggregation effect ( table 6 ), effect on lowering pulmonary hypertension ( tables 7 - 8 ), effect on inhibiting prostatic hyperplasia ( table 9 ), effect on inhibiting the growth of h1n1 virus ( table 10 ), effect on inhibiting growth of cancer cells ( table 11 ) and effect on inhibiting the asthma in animal ( table 12 ) in the following activity assay . such assays illustrate that the kmup or piperazine - based monoquaternary piperazium complex salt may show the multiple therapeutic functions of the commercial products with the “ rx ” group such as the statin , the nsaids , the anti - diabetic drugs , the anti - asthma drugs , the prostacyclin or the lipid - lowering drugs . therefore , the present invention is truly a rare novel invention and industrial applicable . additionally , any modification may be practiced without leaving the scope of the appended claims by one of skill in the art . the present application “ processes for preparing piperazinium salts of kmup and use thereof ” will be fully understood from the following embodiments , and thereby being accomplished based thereon by one skilled in the art . however , the practice of the present application is not intended to limit to the following embodiments in its practice , and the skilled person can still conduct other embodiments according to the spirit of embodiments presented herein that belong to the scope of this invention . 8 - week c57bl / 6j mice are divided into standard diet ( std ) group and the high - fat diet ( hfd ) group . in the hfd group , the kmup - 1 hcl salt ( 1 , 2 . 5 and 5 mg / kg ), the simvastatin ( 5 mg / kg ), the kmup - 1 - nicotinic acid complex ( 1 and 5 mg / kg ), the kmup - 1 - simvastatinic acid complex ( 1 and 5 mg / kg ), kmup - 1 - gemfibrozil complex ( 2 . 5 mg / kg ), kmup - 1 - fibric acid complex ( 2 . 5 mg / kg ), kmup - 1 - γ - polyglutamic acid complex ( 2 . 5 mg / kg ) and kmup - 1 - citric acid complex ( 2 . 5 mg / kg ) are administered orally . after 21 days , the amounts ( mg / dl ) of the triglyceride ( tg ), the total cholesterol ( tot .- c ), the high density lipoprotein cholesterol ( hdl - c ), the low density lipoprotein cholesterol ( ldl - c ) and the serum glucose of six mice for each group are measured as shown in tables 2 and 3 . 60 mg / kg of streptozosin is injected intravenously for inducing the stz - induced rats , and the kmup - 1 hcl salt ( 0 . 5 , 1 . 5 , 2 . 5 and 5 mg / kg ) and kmup - 1 - simvastatinic acid ( 5 mg / kg ) are administered orally . after 21 days , the amount of the serum glucose ( mg / dl ), the amount of the serum insulin ( mg / dl ), the body weight ( g ) and the change of the body weight are measured . nateglinide , repaglinide or the placebo is administered on day 1 before one hour of the breakfast , and the kmup - 1 / kmup - 1 - nateglinide or kmup - 1 - repaglinide are orally administered at 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 and 6 hrs respectively . the amount of the serum glucose ( mg / dl ), the amount of the serum insulin ( mg / dl ), the body weight ( g ) and the change of the body weight are measured . the blood of the rabbit marginal ear vein is collected and added ethylene diamine - n , n - tetraacetic acid ( edta ) to make the final concentration as 6 mmol / l . after centrifuging at 90 s for 10 mins , the supernatant is platelet - rich plasma ( prp ). the platelet suspension is obtained from edta - anticoagulated prp , and the platelet granules are finally suspended in the tyrode &# 39 ; s solution . each liter of tyrode &# 39 ; s solution contains the following components ( millimoles ): sodium chloride ( 136 . 8 ), potassium chloride ( 2 . 8 ), sodium bicarbonate ( 1 . 1 ), magnesium chloride ( 2 . 1 ), sodium dihydrogen phosphate ( 0 . 33 ), calcium chloride ( 1 . 0 ), glucose ( 1 . 2 ) and bovine serum albumin ( 0 . 35 %). the turbidity is measured at 37 ° c . by lumi - aggregometer connected with two dual channel recorders as the aggregation . the platelets are stirred at 1200 rpm to eliminate the influence of the solvent , which is fixed with dimethyl sulfoxide ( dmso ) in 0 . 6 % ( vol / vol ) at the final concentration . the activities for inhibiting the u46619 - induced platelet aggregation of the indomethacin and the complex salts such as kmup - 1 hcl salt ( n = 8 ) are tested . pulmonary aterial hypertension in mct - treated rats is caused on day 21 after the intraperitoneal injection . orally administered kmup - 1 hcl salt ( 2 . 5 mg / kg ), simvastatin ( 2 . 5 mg / kg ), kmup - 1 - nicotinic acid complex ( 2 . 5 mg / kg ), kmup - 1 - citric acid complex ( 2 . 5 mg / kg ), kmup - 1 - simvastatinic acid complex ( 2 . 5 mg / kg ) and kmup - 1 - γ - polyglutamic acid complex ( 2 . 5 mg / kg ), or the inhalated kmup - 1 - pgi 2 ( 0 . 1 mm ) every day may inhibit the male wistar rats treated with mct , which show the effect of decreasing the pulmonary artery blood pressure ( pabp ). the increased amount of the synthetic collagen and the generation of the macrophage in alveolus may facilitate the formulation of tgf - β , and the expression of tgf - β is looked as a biomarker of the lung fibrosis . kmup - 1 hcl salt ( 1 , 2 . 5 and 5 mg / kg ), the simvastatin ( 5 mg / kg ), the kmup - 1 - nicotinic acid complex ( 2 . 5 mg / kg ), the kmup - 1 - simvastatinic acid complex ( 2 . 5 mg / kg ) and kmup - 1 - γ - polyglutamic acid complex ( 2 . 5 mg / kg ) are orally administered to the mice for inhibiting the lung fibrosis induced by tgf - β expression in tracheal irrigation solution that resulted from 60 mg / kg bm inhalation ( table 7 ). the state of the tgf - β expression in the irrigation solution is measured by the enzyme immunoassay ( eia ). the testosterone ( ts , 3 mg / kg / day ) is administered for 4 weeks for inducing bph in mice , which combines with kmup - 1 hcl salt ( 2 . 5 mg / kg ), kmup - 1 - citric acid ( 2 . 5 mg / kg ) and kmup - 1 - nicotinic acid ( 2 . 5 mg / kg ), and the ratio of hypertrophy ( g )/ body weight ( g ) is measured at day 28 ( n = 6 ). after the mardin darby canine kidney ( mdck ) culture is infected with h1n1 virus , kmup - 1 hcl salt or kmup - 1 - simvastatinic acid in the glucose solution is administered . it is found that such administration can inhibit the growth of the virus ( n = 6 ). the cytotoxicity of kmup - 1 hcl salt and kmup - 1 - methotrexate ( kmup - 1 - mtx ) in glucose solution ( 5 %) to l1210 leukemia cell line ( n = 6 ) are tested by the diphenyltetrazolium bromide ( mtt ) assay . the methotrexate ( mtx ) is served as the positive control group . briefly , the cancer cells ( 5000 - 10000 cells / ml ) is added together with the compounds to be tested into each well of 96 - well plate . after culturing for 3 days , the attached cells are cultured in mtt ( 0 . 5 mg / ml ) for one hour , followed by dissolving the formazan crystal with dimethyl sulfoxide ( dmso ). the absorption at 550 nm wave length is measured by the enzyme linked immunosorbent assay ( elisa ) reader . ic50 is the concentration of the tested compound for inhibiting 50 % cell growth under the experimental conditions . the ovalbumin ( ova , 5 mm , 30 mins ) is intraperitoneally injected into male balb / c mice ( 20 ˜ 23 g ). after being sensitized with intraperitoneally injected ova on day 1 and day 8 to reaveal the asthma animals , the asthma is induced by aluminum hydroxide ( 2 mg ) aerosol attached with 10 μg ova . the aerosol of 5 mm / 30 mins / day kmup - 1 hcl salt or the related complex salts are administered on day 21 to 27 . the asthma animals are divided into 5 groups where the control group is administered the saline aerosol only and other experimental groups are administered 1 % ova aerosol followed by the aerosol of the related complex salts as shown in table 12 . the expression of the inhibited matrix metalloprotease - 9 ( mmp - 9 ) induced by ova in lung tissue of balb / c mice is measured . cell - to - cell contact between osteoblasts ( or bone marrow stroma cells ) and osteoclast precursors is required for osteoclast formation . some of the proteins involved in the interaction between cells of osteoblastic and osteoclastic lineage . these proteins belong to the families of tumor necrosis factors ( tnfs ) and receptors . receptor activator of nuclear factor - κb ligand ( rankl ), a protein expressed on the osteoblast cell membrane , binds to receptor activator of nuclear factor - κb ( rank ), a receptor located on the osteoclast membrane , resulting in activation and differentiation of osteoclasts . inhibition of either rankl or rank interrupts rankl - rank signaling between osteoblasts and immature osteoclasts causes a lack of functioning mature osteoclasts and thus reduce bone resorption . raw 264 . 7 cell is looked as the representation of hematopoietic monocyte / macrophage of osteoclastic lineage . effects of kmup - 1 , statin and kmup - 1 - statinic acid complex treatment on the expression levels of osteoclast differentiation marker , a fluorescence - based staining for tartrate - resistant acidic phosphatase ( trap ), were monitored in raw 264 . 7 cells that have osteoclastic activity induced by combining rankl ( 10 μg / ml ) with cells on a slice in the presence of kmup - 1 , statins and kmup - 1 - statinic acid at 5 μm for 5 days culturing . the slices were stained with bleach solution and observed under a light microscope . kmup - 1 , statin and complex combinations suppressed the trap - positive cell count caused by rankl . statinic acid indicates the open - lactone type statin having the carboxylic acid moiety . for example , simvastatinic acid indicates that simvastatin chemically with the carboxylic acid moiety . atorvastatinic acid , rosuvastatinic acid , lovastatinic acid and other statinic acid indicate that atorvastatin , rosuvastatin and lovastatin chemically with the carboxylic acid moiety . kmup - 1 ( 8 . 0 g ) is dissolved in a mixture of ethanol ( 10 ml ) and hcl ( 1 n , 60 ml ) the solution is reacted at 50 ° c . for 20 mins , the methanol is added thereinto under room temperature and the solution is incubated over night for crystallization and filtrated to obtain kmup - 1 hcl salt ( 7 . 4 g ). kmup - 1 ( 8 . 0 g ) is dissolved in a mixture of ethanol ( 10 ml ) and citric acid ( 4 g ) and reacted at 50 ° c . for 20 min , the methanol is added thereinto under room temperature and the solution is incubated over night for crystallization and filtrated to obtain kmup - 1 - citric acid salt ( 10 . 5 g ). kmup - 1 ( 8 . 0 g ) is dissolved in a mixture of ethanol ( 10 ml ) and nicotinic acid ( 2 . 4 g ) and reacted at 50 ° c . for 20 min , the methanol is added thereinto under room temperature and the solution is incubated over night for crystallization and filtrated to obtain kmup - 1 - nicotinic acid salt ( 8 . 3 g ). kmup - 1 ( 8 . 0 g ) is dissolved in a mixture of ethanol ( 10 ml ) and hcl ( 1 n , 60 ml ) and reacted at 50 ° c . for 10 min , the methanol is added thereinto under room temperature and the solution is incubated over night for crystallization and filtrated to obtain kmup - 1 hcl ( 7 . 4 g ). take kmup - 1 hcl salt ( 4 . 4 g ) and redissolve it in ethanol ( 150 ml ) for use . in a flask equipped with a magnetic stirrer , simvastatin ( 4 . 2 g ) dissolved in ethanol ( 50 ml ) is poured , to which an aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide ( 4 g / 60 ml ) and the above - mentioned filtrate of kmup - 1 hcl salt reacted with the ethanol are added under room temperature . the mixture is reacted at 50 ° c . for 20 mins , rapidly filtrated and incubated one hour for crystallization to give the kmup - 1 - simastatinic acid complex . kmup - 1 ( 8 . 0 g ) is dissolved in a mixture of ethanol ( 10 ml ) and hcl ( 1 n , 60 ml ) and reacted at 50 ° c . for 10 min , the methanol is added thereinto under room temperature and the solution is incubated over night for crystallization and filtrated to obtain kmup - 1 hcl ( 7 . 4 g ). take kmup - 1 hcl salt ( 4 . 4 g ) and redissolve it in ethanol ( 150 ml ) for use . in a flask equipped with a magnetic stirrer , lovastatin ( 4 . 2 g ) dissolved in ethanol ( 50 ml ) is poured , to which an aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide ( 4 g / 60 ml ) and then the above - mentioned filtrate of kmup - 1 hcl solution to react in ethanol , kept under room temperature . the mixture is warmed at 50 ° c . for 20 mins , rapidly filtrated for removing the resulted sodium chloride and then incubated one hour for crystallization to give the kmup - 1 - lovastatinic acid complex . kmup - 1 ( 8 . 0 g ) is dissolved in a mixture of ethanol ( 10 ml ) and hcl ( 1 n , 60 ml ) and reacted at 50 ° c . for 20 min , the methanol is added thereinto under room temperature and the solution is incubated over night for crystallization and filtrated to obtain kmup - 1 hcl ( 7 . 4 g ). take kmup - 1 hcl salt ( 4 . 4 g ) and redissolve it in ethanol ( 150 ml ) for use . in a flask equipped with a magnetic stirrer , mevastatin ( 4 g ) dissolved in ethanol ( 50 ml ) is poured , to which an aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide ( 4 g / 60 ml ) is added under room temperature . after 10 mins , the above - mentioned kmup - 1 hcl salt in the ethanol solution is added for reacting at 50 ° c . for 20 mins , and the mixture is rapidly filtrated and incubated one hour for crystallization to give the kmup - 1 - mevastatinic acid complex . kmup - 1 ( 8 . 0 g ) is dissolved in a mixture of ethanol ( 10 ml ) and 1n hcl ( 60 ml ) and reacted at 50 ° c . for 20 min and cooled to room temperature , the ethanol is added thereinto and the solution is incubated over night for crystallization and filtrated to obtain kmup - 1 hcl ( 7 . 4 g ). take kmup - 1 hcl salt ( 4 . 4 g ) and re - dissolve it in ethanol ( 150 ml ) for use . in a flask equipped with a magnetic stirrer , pravastatin sodium ( 4 . 5 g ) dissolved in mixture of ethanol ( 50 ml ) and water ( 50 ml ) is poured . an aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide ( 4 g / 60 ml ) and the above - mentioned reacting solution of kmup - 1 hcl salt and the ethanol are added into the mixture under room temperature . the mixture is reacted at 50 ° c . for 20 mins , rapidly filtrated for removing sodium chloride and incubated one hour for crystallization to give the kmup - 1 - pravastatinic acid complex . kmup - 1 hcl salt is prepared according to the procedures in the examples 4 - 7 . in a flask equipped with a magnetic stirrer , rosuvastatin ( 10 . 5 g ) dissolved in ethanol ( 150 ml ) is added , to which an aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide ( 4 g / 60 ml ) and kmup - 1 hcl salt ( 4 . 4 g ) dissolved in ethyl alcohol ( 150 ml ) are added under room temperature . the mixture is stirred continuously at 50 ° c . for 20 minutes , concentrated under reduced pressure to 300 ml and filtered quickly for removing sodium chloride and cooling the filtrate to give precipitate of kmup - 1 - rosuvastatinic acid complex . kmup - 1 hcl salt is prepared according to the procedures in the examples 4 - 7 . in a flask equipped with a magnetic stirrer , pitavastatin ( 8 . 8 g ) dissolved in ethanol ( 100 ml ) is poured thereinto , to which an aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide ( 4 g / 60 ml ) and the kmup - 1 hcl salt ( 4 . 4 g ) dissolved in ethyl alcohol ( 150 ml ) are added . the mixture is stirred at 50 ° c . for 20 minutes until the reaction is completed . the mixture is quickly filtered and then concentrated under reduced pressure . water is added to the mixture after it is cooled , and stirring the mixture at room temperature for 20 mins until the reaction is completed . after filtering the precipitate , a white kmup - 1 - pitavastatinic acid complex is obtained . kmup - 1 hcl salt is prepared according to the procedures in the examples 4 - 7 . in a flask equipped with a magnetic stirrer , atorvastatin ( 11 . 5 g ) dissolved in ethanol ( 100 ml ) is poured thereinto , to which an aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide ( 4 g / 60 ml ) and the kmup - 1 hcl salt ( 4 . 4 g ) dissolved in ethyl alcohol ( 150 ml ) are added . the mixture is stirred at 50 ° c . for 15 minutes until the reaction is completed . the mixture is quickly filtered and then concentrated under reduced pressure . water is added to the mixture after it is cooled , and stirring the mixture at room temperature for 20 mins until the reaction is completed . after filtering the precipitate , a white kmup - 1 - atorvastatinic acid complex is obtained . kmup - 1 hcl salt is prepared according to the procedures in the examples 4 - 7 . in a flask equipped with a magnetic stirrer , atorvastatin calcium salt ( 13 . 6 g ) suspended in a mixture of ethanol ( 100 ml ) and water ( 30 ml ) is poured . kmup - 1 hcl salt ( 4 . 4 g ), dissolved in ethyl alcohol ( 150 ml ) is added into the suspension under room temperature . the mixture is stirred continuously at 50 ° c . for 20 minutes until the reaction is completed . the mixture is filtered quickly and concentrated under reduced pressure . the mixture is then cooled to ambient temperature , after which , water is added . the mixture is stirred under room temperature for 20 minutes until the reaction is completed . after filtering the precipitate for removing sodium chloride , a white kmup - 1 - atorvastatinic acid complex is obtained . kmup - 1 ( 8 g ) is dissolved in a mixture of ethanol ( 100 ml ) and water ( 30 ml ), to which mtx ( 9 . 8 g ) dissolved in ethyl alcohol ( 150 ml ) is added , and the mixture is reacted at 50 ° c . for 20 mins . after cooling to the room temperature , the resulting precipitate is dissolved by adding methanol , re - crystallized over night and then filtrated to obtain kmup - 1 - mtx complex ( 15 . 3 g ). kmup - 1 ( 8 . 0 g ) is dissolved in a mixture of ethanol ( 100 ml ) and water ( 30 ml ), to which indomethacin ( 7 g ) dissolved in ethyl alcohol ( 150 ml ) is added , and the mixture is reacted at 50 ° c . for 20 mins . the precipitate is obtained through filtering under room temperature , which is re - crystallized from methanol over night and then filtrated to obtain kmup - 1 - indomethacin complex ( 13 . 2 g ). kmup - 1 ( 8 . 0 g ) is dissolved in a mixture of ethanol ( 100 ml ) and water ( 30 ml ), to which repaglinide ( 9 . 1 g ) dissolved in ethyl alcohol ( 150 ml ) is added , and the mixture is reacted at 50 ° c . for 20 mins . the precipitate is obtained through filtering under room temperature , which is re - crystallized from methanol over night at room temperature and then filtrated to obtain kmup - 1 - repaglinide complex ( 15 . 3 g ). kmup - 1 ( 8 . 0 g ) is dissolved in a mixture of ethanol ( 100 ml ) and water ( 30 ml ), to which nateglinide ( 9 . 1 g ) dissolved in ethyl alcohol ( 150 ml ) is added , and the mixture is reacted at 50 ° c . for 20 mins . after cooling the mixture , the white precipitate is obtained , to which the methanol is added under room temperature and being incubated over night for re - crystallization . after filtering , kmup - 1 - nateglinide complex ( 15 . 3 g ) is obtained . kmup - 1 hcl salt ( 8 . 8 g ) is dissolved in a mixture of ethanol ( 100 ml ) and water ( 30 ml ), to which cromolyn di - sodium ( 10 . 2 g ) dissolved in ethyl alcohol ( 300 ml ) is added and the mixture is reacted at 50 ° c . for 20 mins . after cooling to room temperature , the white precipitate is obtained , to which the methanol is added under room temperature and being incubated over night for re - crystallization . the crystal is filtered to obtain kmup - 1 - cromolyn mono - sodium complex ( 16 . 2 g ). kmup - 1 hcl salt ( 8 . 8 g ) is dissolved in a mixture of ethanol ( 100 ml ) and water ( 30 ml ), to which montelukast ( 11 . 7 g ) dissolved in ethyl alcohol ( 300 ml ) is added and the mixture is reacted at 50 ° c . for 20 mins . after cooling to room temperature , the white precipitate is obtained , to which the methanol is added under room temperature after the sodium chloride is removed and the reaction is incubated over night for re - crystallization . the crystal is filtered to obtain kmup - 1 - montelukast complex ( 16 . 8 g ). the aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide ( 4 g / 60 ml ) is added into gemfibrozil ( 2 . 5 g ) in ethanol ( 100 ml ) under room temperature to result a gemfibrozil sodium solution for use . kmup - 1 hcl salt ( 4 . 4 g ) dissolved in ethanol ( 100 ml ) is added the gemfibrozil sodium solution for reacting at 50 ° c . for 20 mins . after cooling to room temperature , the white precipitate is obtained and filtered for removing the sodium citric acid . the methanol is added to the precipitate under room temperature for re - crystalization over night , and the crystal is filtered to obtain kmup - 1 - gemfibrozil complex ( 5 . 2 g ). the aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide ( 4 g / 60 ml ) is added into fenofibrate ( 3 . 6 g ) in ethanol ( 100 ml ) under room temperature to result a gemfibrozil sodium solution for use . kmup - 1 hcl salt ( 4 . 4 g ) dissolved in ethanol ( 150 ml ) is added the fenofibric acid sodium solution for reacting at 50 ° c . for 20 mins . after cooling to room temperature , the white precipitate is obtained and filtered for removing the sodium citric acid . the methanol is added to the precipitate under room temperature for re - crystalization over night , and the crystal is filtered to obtain kmup - 1 - fibric acid complex ( 5 . 6 g ). the aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide ( 4 g / 60 ml ) is added into simvastatin ( 8 . 4 g ) in ethanol ( 100 ml ) under room temperature to result a solution of simvastatinic acid di - sodium in ethanol for use . piperazine di - hydrochloride ( 1 . 6 g ) dissolved in the mixture of ethanol ( 100 ml ) and water ( 30 ml ) is added a solution of simvastatinic acid di - sodium dissolved in the hydrous ethanol for reacting at 50 ° c . for 20 mins . after cooling to room temperature , a white precipitate is obtained and filtered for removing the sodium hydrochloride . the methanol is added to the precipitate under room temperature for re - crystalization over night , and the crystal is filtered to obtain di - simvastatinic acid piperazinium salt complex ( 8 . 8 g ). the aqueous solution of sodium hydroxide ( 4 g / 60 ml ) is added into rosuvastatin ( 10 . 5 g ) in ethanol ( 100 ml ) under room temperature to result a solution of rosuvastatinic acid sodium in ethanol for use . piperazine di - hydrochloride ( 1 . 6 g ) dissolved in the mixture of ethanol ( 100 ml ) and water ( 30 ml ) is added a solution of rosuvastatinic acid sodium dissolved in the hydrous ethanol for reacting at 50 ° c . for 60 mins . after cooling to room temperature , a white precipitate is obtained and filtered for removing the sodium hydrochloride . the methanol is added to the precipitate under room temperature for re - crystallization over night , and the crystal is filtered to obtain di - rosuvastatinic acid piperazinium salt complex ( 9 . 8 g ) in a flask equipped with a magnetic stirrer , atorvastatin hemicalcium salt ( 13 . 6 g ) suspended in a mixture of ethanol ( 100 ml ) and water ( 30 ml ) is poured . piperazinium di - hydrochloride ( 1 . 6 g ) dissolved in ethyl alcohol ( 150 ml ) is added into the suspension under room temperature . the mixture is stirred continuously at 50 ° c . for 60 minutes until the reaction is completed . the mixture is filtered quickly and concentrated under reduced pressure . the mixture is then cooled to ambient temperature and water is added to the mixture . the mixture is stirred under room temperature for 20 minutes until the reaction is completed . after filtering the precipitate for removing calcium chloride , a white di - atorvastatinic acid piperazinium salt complex ( 20 . 2 g ) is obtained . ( a ) 2 g of sodium γ - polyglutamate is dissolved in water to form a 5 % viscous aqueous solution ( 40 ml ). 2 g of kmup - 1 hcl salt powder is added to the solution and the mixture is stirred at 50 ° c . for 1 hr to obtain a white precipitate . the solution is poured out and the ethanol ( 100 ml ) is added for dehydration . ethanol ( 100 ml ) is added additionally to wash out the unreacted kmup - 1 , and the precipitate is dry over night ( 50 ° c .) to obtain kmup - 1 - γ - polyglutamate complex ( 2 . 6 g ). ( b ) 2 g of calcium γ - polyglutamate is dissolved in water to form a 5 % viscous aqueous solution ( 40 ml ). 2 g of kmup - 1 hcl salt powder is added to the solution and the mixture is stirred at 50 ° c . for 1 hr to obtain a white precipitate . the solution is poured out and the ethanol ( 100 ml ) is added for dehydration . ethanol ( 100 ml ) is added additionally to wash out the unreacted kmup - 1 , and the precipitate is dry over night ( 50 ° c .) to obtain kmup - 1 - γ - polyglutamate complex ( 2 . 8 g ). ( c ) 2 g of γ - polyglutamate is dissolved in ethanol ( 50 ml ), to which kmup - 1 powder ( 2 g ) is added to the solution and the mixture is stirred at 50 ° c . for 1 hr and then incubated at room temperature to obtain a white precipitate . after the precipitate is filtered , the ethanol ( 100 ml ) is added for washing out the unreacted kmup - 1 , and the precipitate is dry over night ( 50 ° c .) to obtain kmup - 1 - γ - polyglutamate complex ( 3 . 1 g ). calcium polyglutamate - alginate sodium ( 2 g ) is dissolved in water to form a 5 % viscous aqueous solution ( 40 ml ). kmup - 1 hcl salt powder ( 2 g ) is added to the solution and the mixture is stirred at 50 ° c . for 1 hr to obtain a white precipitate . the solution is poured out and the ethanol ( 100 ml ) is added for dehydration . ethanol ( 100 ml ) is added additionally to wash out the un - reacted kmup - 1 , and the precipitate is dry over night ( 50 ° c .) to obtain kmup - 1 - polyglutamate - alginate sodium complex ( 2 . 9 g ). 2 g of sodium carboxyl methyl cellulose is dissolved in water to form a 5 % viscous aqueous gel solution ( 40 ml ). 2 g of kmup - 1 hcl salt powder is added to the solution and the mixture is stirred at 50 ° c . for 1 hr to obtain a white precipitate . the solution , containing the white precipitate , is poured out and the ethanol ( 100 ml ) is further added for dehydration and wash - out the unreacted kmup - 1 and resulted sodium chloride following filtration . the obtained precipitate is dried over night ( 50 ° c .) to have kmup - 1 - carboxy methyl cellulose complex ( 2 . 4 g ). kmup - 3 ( 8 . 4 g ) is dissolved in a mixture of ethanol ( 100 ml ) and 1n hcl ( 60 ml ) for reacting at 50 ° c . for 20 min after cooled to room temperature , a yellow precipitate is obtained and the methanol is added thereinto under room temperature and the solution is incubated over night for crystallization . the crystal is filtrated to obtain yellow kmup - 3 hcl salt ( 6 . 4 g ). kmup - 2 ( 8 . 0 g ) is dissolved in a mixture of ethanol ( 10 ml ) and 1n hcl ( 60 ml ) for reacting at 50 ° c . for 10 min . the methanol is added into the solution under room temperature and the solution is incubated over night for crystallization . the crystal is filtrated to obtain kmup - 2 hcl salt ( 6 . 4 g ). kmup - 1 hcl salt ( 0 . 9 mg ) is dissolved in a mixture of ethanol ( 100 ml ) and water ( 30 ml ), to which pgi 2 sodium ( 1020 mg ) dissolved in ethyl alcohol ( 300 ml ) is added and the mixture for reacting at 50 ° c . for 20 mins . after cooling to the room temperature , a white precipitate is obtained , to which the methanol is added under room temperature and being incubated over night for re - crystallization . the crystal is filtered to obtain kmup - 1 - pgi 2 complex ( 1 . 6 g ). 1 . evans m , rees a . effects of hmg - coa reductase inhibitors on skeletal muscle : are all statins the same ? 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