“…Simvastatin (SMV), official in 2004 U.S. Pharmacopoeia, is chemically named as (1S, 2S, 8S, 8aR)‐1,2,6,8,8a‐hexahydro‐1‐(2‐((2R,4R)‐tetrahyro‐4‐hydroxy‐6‐oxo‐2H‐pyran‐2‐yl)‐2,6‐dimethylnapthalen ‐8‐yl2,2‐dimethylbutanoate (Figure 1). It belongs to the well‐known class of statins; hypolipidemics (cholesterol lowering) [8]. This semi‐synthetic prodrug is transformed to its β‐hydroxyacid form that inhibits 3‐hydroxy‐ 3‐methylglutaryl coenzyme‐A reductase (HMGCoA) and thus decreases low‐density lipoprotein, triglycerides, and increases high‐density lipoproteins [9,10].…”