Fig. 2From: Lovastatin as a supplement to mitigate rumen methanogenesis: an overviewHydrolysis of lovastatin lactone and the similarity between the chemical structures of lovastatin β-hydroxy acid and the HMG-CoA. a Lovastatin lactone, b Lovastatin β-hydroxy acid, c HMGCoA, and d Mevalonate. Adapted from Syed and Ponnisamy [53]Back to article page