"Pinacidil" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A guanidine that opens POTASSIUM CHANNELS producing direct peripheral vasodilatation of the ARTERIOLES. It reduces BLOOD PRESSURE and peripheral resistance and produces fluid retention. (Martindale The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 31st ed)
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D020110
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.078.370.729
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Akbarali HI, Bieger D, Ohia SE, Triggle CR. Similarity of relaxations evoked by BRL 34915, pinacidil and field-stimulation in rat oesophageal tunica muscularis mucosae. Br J Pharmacol. 1988 Oct; 95(2):519-25.