title: Barnidipine, a long-acting slow onset calcium antagonist.
abstract: Barnidipine is a stereochemically pure dihydropyridine calcium antagonist with a high potency. The drug showed a slow onset and long-lasting vasorelaxating effect in vitro, and strong antihypertensive activity in hypertension models. Barnidipine was shown to have a high vasoselectivity and offered protection in cardiac and renal ischaemia models. The in vitro drug:drug interaction profile suggests a low potential for clinically relevant interactions with concomitant medication. It can be anticipated that barnidipine is an attractive calcium antagonist, offering good blood pressure control without compensatory baroreflex activity.
authors.affiliation: Yamanouchi Europe Research & Development, PO Box 108, 2350 AC Leiderdorp, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Korstanje
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects*; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004285:Dogs; D006168:Guinea Pigs; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D009543:Nifedipine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D051381:Rats; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; C050699:mepirodipine; D009543:Nifedipine