Dihydropyridine is a molecule based upon pyridine, and the parent of a class of molecules that have been semi-saturated with two substituents replacing one double bond. They are particularly well known in pharmacology as L-type calcium channel blockers, used in the treatment of hypertension. Compared with certain other L-type calcium channel block...
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<drug> For example nifedipine and nitrenidine, specific blockers of some types of calcium channel. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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