title: Effects of semotiadil fumarate, a novel calcium antagonist, on blood pressure and heart rate in conscious spontaneously hypertensive rats.
abstract: The acute antihypertensive effects of orally administered semotiadil, a novel calcium antagonist, were compared with those of nifedipine and diltiazem in conscious, unrestrained spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRs). Semotiadil (10 and 30 mg/kg) produced a dose-dependent hypotension that persisted for 18 hr at 30 mg/kg. Diltiazem (30 and 100 mg/kg) and nifedipine (1 and 3 mg/kg) also exhibited hypotension dose-dependently, but their durations of actions were shorter than that of semotiadil. Semotiadil caused a slight increase in heart rate, while diltiazem and nifedipine caused a bradycardia and a marked tachycardia, respectively. These results suggest that semotiadil has a beneficial property as an antihypertensive drug.
authors.affiliation: Daiichi Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Exploratory Research Laboratories II, Tokyo R & D Center, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kanda
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects*; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004110:Diltiazem / Q000494:pharmacology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects*; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D009543:Nifedipine / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D011918:Rats, Inbred SHR; D013844:Thiazoles / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D013844:Thiazoles; C064356:sesamodil; D004110:Diltiazem; D009543:Nifedipine