nisoldipine   Click here for help

GtoPdb Ligand ID: 2524

Synonyms: Sular®
Approved drug
nisoldipine is an approved drug (FDA (1995))
Compound class: Synthetic organic
Comment: Nisoldipine is a dihydropyridine calcium channel blocker.
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2D Structure
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Physico-chemical Properties
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Hydrogen bond acceptors 5
Hydrogen bond donors 1
Rotatable bonds 8
Topological polar surface area 107.77
Molecular weight 388.16
XLogP 4.38
No. Lipinski's rules broken 0
SMILES / InChI / InChIKey
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Canonical SMILES COC(=O)C1=C(C)NC(=C(C1c1ccccc1[N+](=O)[O-])C(=O)OCC(C)C)C
Isomeric SMILES COC(=O)C1=C(C)NC(=C(C1c1ccccc1[N+](=O)[O-])C(=O)OCC(C)C)C
InChI InChI=1S/C20H24N2O6/c1-11(2)10-28-20(24)17-13(4)21-12(3)16(19(23)27-5)18(17)14-8-6-7-9-15(14)22(25)26/h6-9,11,18,21H,10H2,1-5H3
InChI Key VKQFCGNPDRICFG-UHFFFAOYSA-N
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Summary of Clinical Use Click here for help
Used in the treatment of hypertension, either alone or in combination with other antihypertensive drugs.
Mechanism Of Action and Pharmacodynamic Effects Click here for help
Nisoldipine inhibits the influx of extracellular calcium across the myocardial and vascular smooth muscle cell membranes, by means of three mechanisms: deforming calcium channels, inhibiting ion-control gating mechanisms and and interfering with the release of calcium from the sarcoplasmic reticulum. This results in a decrease in intracellular calcium which inhibits the contractile processes of the myocardial smooth muscle, which leads to dilation of the coronary and systemic arteries, increased oxygen delivery to the myocardial tissue, decreased total peripheral resistance, decreased systemic blood pressure and decreased afterload.
Due to the complex nature of this drug's MMOA, and the paucity of (human) affinity data, we do not tag a primary drug target.
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