Pentaerythritol tetranitrate is an organic nitrate that has been used for the treatment of angina pectoris. Upon administration, the drug undergoes exstensive metabolism to NO which causes vasodilation and the relaxation of smooth muscle cells. The compound belongs to a familiy of explosive substances and may be used accordingly.

Pentaerythritol tetranitrate is an organic nitrate that has been used for the treatment of angina pectoris. Upon administration, the drug undergoes exstensive metabolism to NO which causes vasodilation and the relaxation of smooth muscle cells. The compound belongs to a familiy of explosive substances and may be used accordingly.

Utibapril (FPL 63547) is an ester prodrug of a novel thiadiazoline ACE inhibitor. Utibapril was undergoing phase II clinical studies in the United Kingdom for the treatment of heart failure and hypertension. Utibapril is an angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor with a proposed tissue-specific inhibitory profile. This implies that at a certain dose, utibapril should be able to inhibit tissue ACE activity without affecting plasma ACE.

Clofilium is a quaternary ammonium compound that acts as potassium channel blocker. Clofilium is a class III agent. Clofilium increases atrial and ventricular effective refractory period without changing conduction time and, despite no apparent change in premature ventricular complex frequency, it can abolish the ability to induce ventricular tachycardia by programmed stimulation and is also well tolerated.

Cromakalim is an ATP-sensitive potassium (KATP) channel opener, which was studied for the treatment of gastric ulcer, hypertension and preventing a cardiomyopathy. But the development of this drug was discontinued due to heart lesions found in monkey chronic toxicity studies.

Nicametate is a vasodilator, which enhances blood flow and oxygen to the brain, aids stroke recovery. It also can use for treating intermittent claudication in certain patients.

Fasidotril is a diester prodrug of the active metabolite fasidotrilat. Fasidotrilat inhibited both angiotensin I converting enzyme (ACE, EC 3.4.25.1) and neprilysin (NEP, EC 3.4.24.11, also named neutral endopeptidase, enkephalinase, or atriopeptidase) at nanomolar concentrations (Ki = 9.8 nM against ACE and 5.1 nM against NEP) Fasidotril was being developed for the treatment of myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure and myocardial infarction.

Pentopril (CGS 13945) is a member of a series of l-glutarylindoline-2(S)-carboxylic acid derivatives. Pentopril was evaluated as an inhibitor of a cell-free preparation of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) isolated from rabbit lung. Intravenous administration of incremental doses of pentopril to anesthetized normotensive rats produced a dose-related inhibition of angiotensin I (AI) pressor responses. The onset of inhibition of the A1 pressor response was rapid, and substantial inhibition occurred at 5 min after administration of the ACE inhibitors. Pentopril hydrolyzed in vivo to the biologically active free-acid form of CGS 13934. It was well tolerated in normal volunteers and hypertensive patients. Pentopril was developed for the treatment of both hypertension and congestive heart failure. Pentopril produced little clinical improvement and no biochemical improvement in a patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Carcainium is phenylcarbamoylmethyl derivative with local anesthetic and potent anti-tussive activity. In preclinical studies Carcainium significantly reduced the spontaneous and histamine-evoked discharges in Aδ-fibres originating from airway, rapidly adapting stretch receptors (RARs) without affecting histamine-evoked bronchoconstriction. Acute pre-treatment of guinea-pigs with aerosols of Carcainium prevent of capsaicin-evoked and citric acid-induced coughs.

Ropitoin (TR2985) is a diphenylhydantoin derivative. It is an antiarrhythmic compound that causes a depression of the maximum upstroke velocity (used as a measure of cardiac function: an indirect index of the magnitude of the sodium current). Its effect was shown in several cardiac tissues and in guinea pig muscles and dog Purkinje fibers (myocardial cells). Ropitoin is believed to bind to the same receptor site in the sodium channel as mexiletine and quinidine. In an animal study, ropitoin was shown to be ineffective in preventing reentrant ventricular tachycardia (when the electric signal fails to die out after normal activation) or ventricular fibrillation. No information on the current use of this compound is available.