Nifedipine
"Nifedipine" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
A potent vasodilator agent with calcium antagonistic action. It is a useful anti-anginal agent that also lowers blood pressure.
| Descriptor ID |
D009543
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.383.725.203.540
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| Concept/Terms |
Cordipin- Cordipin
- KRKA Brand of Nifedipine
- Nifedipine KRKA Brand
- Cordipine
Corinfar- Corinfar
- Korinfar
- AWD Pharma Brand of Nifedipine
Nifangin- Nifangin
- Orion Brand of Nifedipine
- Nifedipine Orion Brand
Procardia- Procardia
- Pfizer Brand of Nifedipine
- Nifedipine Pfizer Brand
Vascard- Vascard
- Adcock Ingram Brand of Nifedipine
Adalat- Adalat
- Bayer Brand of Nifedipine
- Nifedipine Bayer Brand
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| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Nifedipine" by people in Profiles.
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Rosen JM, Lavenbarg T, Cocjin J, Hyman PE. Diffuse esophageal spasm in children referred for manometry. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2013 Apr; 56(4):436-8.
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Go A, Srivastava S, Collis L, Coetzee WA, Artman M. Negative inotropic effect of nifedipine in the immature rabbit heart is due to shortening of the action potential. Pediatr Res. 2005 Mar; 57(3):399-403.
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Hur EM, Park TJ, Kim KT. Coupling of L-type voltage-sensitive calcium channels to P2X(2) purinoceptors in PC-12 cells. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol. 2001 May; 280(5):C1121-9.
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Morgan JI, Curran T. Role of ion flux in the control of c-fos expression. Nature. 1986 Aug 7-13; 322(6079):552-5.