Pinacidil

Pinacidil
Names
IUPAC name
N-cyano-N'-pyridin-4-yl-N''-(1,2,2-trimethylpropyl)guanidine
Identifiers
3D model (JSmol)
ChEMBL
ChemSpider
ECHA InfoCard 100.056.614 Edit this at Wikidata
UNII
  • InChI=1S/C13H19N5/c1-10(13(2,3)4)17-12(16-9-14)18-11-5-7-15-8-6-11/h5-8,10H,1-4H3,(H2,15,16,17,18) ☒N
    Key: IVVNZDGDKPTYHK-UHFFFAOYSA-N ☒N
  • InChI=1/C13H19N5/c1-10(13(2,3)4)17-12(16-9-14)18-11-5-7-15-8-6-11/h5-8,10H,1-4H3,(H2,15,16,17,18)
    Key: IVVNZDGDKPTYHK-UHFFFAOYAY
  • CC(C(C)(C)C)N=C(NC#N)NC1=CC=NC=C1
Properties
C13H19N5
Molar mass 245.32346
Pharmacology
C02DG01 (WHO)
Except where otherwise noted, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C [77 °F], 100 kPa).
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Pinacidil is a cyanoguanidine drug that opens ATP-sensitive potassium channels producing peripheral vasodilatation of arterioles.[1] It reduces blood pressure and peripheral resistance and produces fluid retention.[2]

  1. ^ Gollasch M, Bychkov R, Ried C, Behrendt F, Scholze S, Luft FC, Haller H (1995). "Pinacidil relaxes porcine and human coronary arteries by activating ATP-dependent potassium channels in smooth muscle cells". J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther. 275 (2): 681–92. PMID 7473155.
  2. ^ Reynolds, James Blair; Martindale, William L. (1996). The extra pharmacopoeia (31st ed.). London: Royal Pharmaceutical Society. pp. 2739 pages. ISBN 0-85369-342-0.