Pranidipine is a

calcium channel blocker Calcium channel blockers (CCB), calcium channel antagonists or calcium antagonists are a group of medications that disrupt the movement of calcium () through calcium channels. Calcium channel blockers are used as antihypertensive drugs, i.e., as ...

. It is a long acting calcium channel antagonist of the

dihydropyridine 1,4-Dihydropyridine (DHP) is an organic compound with the formula CH2(CH=CH)2NH. The parent compound is uncommon, but derivatives of 1,4-dihydropyridine are important commercially and biologically. The pervasive cofactors NADH and NADPH are deriv ...

group.

References

Calcium channel blockers Dihydropyridines Carboxylate esters 3-Nitrophenyl compounds Methyl esters {{Cardiovascular-drug-stub