title: Effect of dipfluzine on platelet aggregation and thrombus formation.
abstract: Dipfluzine (Dip) is a novel diphenylpiperazine calcium channel blocker first synthesized in China. Effects of Dip on experimental thrombosis and platelet aggregation were studied in vitro and in vivo compared with cinnarizine (Cin). Dip 1 and 2 mg.kg-1 i.v. and incubated in 1-100 mumol.L-1 in vitro inhibited dose- or concentration-dependent rabbit platelet aggregation induced by ADP and by arachidonic acid (AA), respectively. Dip 2.5-10 mg.kg-1 i.v. and 50-100 mg.kg-1 ip inhibited the thrombosis in rats. Dip 10 mg.kg-1 i.v. and 200 mumol.L-1 depressed the in vitro thrombosis. These results suggest that attenuation of disturbed platelet-vessel wall reaction associated with platelet activation and vasoconstriction may be a main factor involved in the antithrombotic action of Dip, and that the effects of Dip were more potent than those of Cin.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacology, Hebei Medical College, Shijiazhuang, China.
authors.forename: Y L
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: R R
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: He
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002341:Carotid Artery Thrombosis / Q000517:prevention & control; D002936:Cinnarizine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D010974:Platelet Aggregation / Q000187:drug effects*; D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000517:prevention & control*
chemical_list: D010975:Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors; D002936:Cinnarizine; C065758:dipfluzine