CHEBI:585948 - felodipine

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ChEBI Name felodipine
ChEBI ID CHEBI:585948
Definition The mixed (methyl, ethyl) diester of 4-(2,3-dichlorophenyl)-2,6-dimethyl-1,4-dihydropyridine-3,5-dicarboxylic acid. A calcium-channel blocker, it lowers blood pressure by reducing peripheral vascular resistance through a highly selective action on smooth muscle in arteriolar resistance vessels. It is used in the management of hypertension and angina pectoris.
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Secondary ChEBI IDs CHEBI:49383, CHEBI:4996
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Biological Role(s): calcium channel blocker
One of a class of drugs that acts by selective inhibition of calcium influx through cell membranes or on the release and binding of calcium in intracellular pools.
Application(s): antihypertensive agent
Any drug used in the treatment of acute or chronic vascular hypertension regardless of pharmacological mechanism.
vasodilator agent
A drug used to cause dilation of the blood vessels.
anti-arrhythmia drug
A drug used for the treatment or prevention of cardiac arrhythmias. Anti-arrhythmia drugs may affect the polarisation-repolarisation phase of the action potential, its excitability or refractoriness, or impulse conduction or membrane responsiveness within cardiac fibres.
Related Structures
felodipine is a Structural Derivative of
carboxylic acid
Mass : 45.017
Formula : CHO2R
33575 		ethanol
Mass : 46.06844
Formula : C2H6O
16236 		methanol
Mass : 32.04186
Formula : CH4O
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