title: Fused 1,4-dihydropyridines as potential calcium modulatory compounds.
abstract: 1,4-Dihydropyridine (1,4-DHP) derivatives nifedipine of which the prototype, are the most popular drugs having calcium antagonistic activity. Fused 1,4-dihydropyridines (DHPs) have also exhibit calcium modulatory activities. In this article, we emphasize calcium channels and fused 1,4-DHP derivatives affecting calcium channels. In addition, the basic considerations of synthesis, metabolism, structure-activity relationships and the latest developments on fused 1,4-DHP derivatives will be reviewed. This review also has extended examples of fused 1,4-DHP derivatives having cited activities synthesized by our group.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, Hacettepe University, 06100 Ankara, Turkey. csafak@hacettepe.edu.tr
authors.forename: Cihat
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Safak
authors.forename: Rahime
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Simsek
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002118:Calcium / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers / Q000494:pharmacology; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000378:metabolism*; D004095:Dihydropyridines / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006801:Humans; D015640:Ion Channel Gating / Q000187:drug effects*; D008958:Models, Molecular
chemical_list: D002121:Calcium Channel Blockers; D015220:Calcium Channels; D004095:Dihydropyridines; C038806:1,4-dihydropyridine; D002118:Calcium