Bempedoic acid inhibits cholesterol synthesis specifically in the liver, offering a similar mechanism to statins but with fewer side effects.

“so really at least on some level benedict acid is attractive because it's more hepatic selective even if it's less potent”

“bentonoic acid is a pro drug what that means is by itself it is inactive so when you ingest it it goes to the liver it gets activated and there it is a cholesterol synthesis inhibitor it acts on a different enzyme from statins and what makes bentoic acid special for lack of a better word is that it only inhibits cholesterol synthesis in the liver whereas statins which are very potent Inhibitors of cholesterol synthesis they do so throughout the body because they don't have this pro-drug trick”

“bendic acid is a prod drug what that means is by itself it is inactive so when you ingest it it goes to the liver it gets activated and there it is a cholesterol synthesis inhibitor it acts on a different enzyme from statins and what makes bempedoic acid special for lack of a better word is that it only inhibits cholesterol synthesis in the liver”