Clofibric acid is a peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor α (PPARα) agonist (EC50 = 50 μM in a transactivation assay) and the active metabolite of clofibrate . It is formed from clofibrate by tissue and serum esterases. Dietary administration of clofibric acid (0.067-0.22%) reduces serum cholesterol, phospholipid, and triglyceride levels in rats. It decreases glutamate oxaloacetate transaminase (GOT) levels and increases glutamate pyruvate transaminase (GPT) and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) levels, markers of xenobiotic stress, in the plasma of carp (C. carpio) when administered in tank water at a concentration of 10 μg/L. Clofibric acid has been found in wastewater effluent.
herbicide, antihyperlipoproteinemic, antineoplastic
ChEBI: A monocarboxylic acid that is isobutyric acid substituted at position 2 by a p-chlorophenoxy group. It is a metabolite of the drug clofibrate.
PPAR agonist. Antihyperlipoproteinemic.
