Ciclafrine is azaspiroalkane derivative patented by pharmaceutical company Goedecke A.-G. for the low blood pressure treatment

Thiarabine (also known as OSI-7836) is a new-generation deoxycytidine nucleoside analog with potent anticancer activity. As with other nucleoside analogs, Thiarabine is a prodrug and requires intracellular phosphorylation by deoxycytidine kinase to the active form (Thiarabine-triphosphate), which then competes with deoxycytidine for incorporation into DNA resulting in cell death. In xenograft studies using lung, colon, pancreatic, breast, and melanoma models, Thiarabine shows superior antitumor activity in most of these tumors, particularly in lung and pancreatic models, compared with gemcitabine, cisplatin, and paclitaxel. Thiarabine seems to be less schedule dependent than gemcitabine, showing antitumor activity with a variety of schedules in preclinical studies. In clinical trials, Thiarabine administration was associated with excessive fatigue, and despite changes in its schedule and duration of administration.

Pranidipine is the calcium channel blocker. Pranidipine did not affect the sensitivity of the contractile proteins to calcium. Pranidipine also did not alter cyclic GMP-induced relaxation in alpha-toxin-skinned vascular preparations. Pranidipine also prolonged glyceryl trinitrate-induced relaxation in the endothelium denuded rat aorta. Pranidipine enhances cyclic GMP-independent NO-induced relaxation of smooth muscle by a mechanism other than through NO-induced hyperpolarization. These effects were in direct contrast to amlodipine, another new 1,4-dihydropyridine calcium antagonist. Pranidipine increased blood velocity and probably blood flow in the optic nerve head, choroid, and retina of rabbits. Pranidipine was not detrimental to global cardiac function in animals with dilated cardiomyopathy. Pranidipine enhances relaxation produced by endothelium-derived relaxing factor in carotid artery. Pranidipine was investigated as pharmacological agent for the treatment of angina pectoris and hypertension.

Cronidipine (LF 2.0254) is a calcium channel blocker. LF 2.0254 inhibited in a time-dependent fashion K(+)- and Ca2(+)-induced contractions of rabbit aorta with respective IC50 of 2.7 nM and 1.7 nM. Cronidipine had a long-lasting antihypertensive action in spontaneously hypertensive rats and was able to decrease blood pressure and increase heart rate and plasma renin activity in hypertensive dogs.

Fluzinamide (AHR-8559), an anticonvulsant agent that was studied in patients with refractory partial seizures. However, information about the further development of this drug is not available.

LAVOLTIDINE, also known as loxtidine, is a highly potent and selective histamine H2-receptor antagonist. It is a member of triazoles. It produces gastric carcinoid tumors in rodents that is why its clinical development was discontinued.

There is no much available information related to the biological and pharmacological application of imidoline, but this compound has been found to be as potent as chlorpromazine in increasing striatal DOPA accumulation and prolactin secretion in vivo. Imidoline exhibited only weak inhibitory activity towards dopamine-sensitive adenylate cyclase and 3H-spiroperidol binding to striatal membranes in vitro. A proposed active conformation involves intramolecular hydrogen bonding between the protonated dimethylamino group and the oxygen of the imidazolidinone ring. The spatial relationship between the amine nitrogen and phenyl ring in this conformation allows proper fit of imidoline with key dimensions described for the dopamine receptor.

Mazapertine (RWJ-37796) is an arylpiperazine antipsychotic with high affinity to dopamine D2 and D3, serotonin 5-HT1A and alpha 1A-adrenergic receptors. It was being studied in the treatment of schizophrenia.