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cromakalim (medicine)


cromakalim
<chemical> A potassium-channel opening vasodilator that has been investigated in the management of hypertension. It has also been tried in patients with asthma. (martindale, the extra phramacopoeia, 30th ed, p352)

Pharmacological action: antihypertensive agents, bronchodilator agents, parasympatholytics, vasodilator agents.

Chemical name: 2H-1-Benzopyran-6-carbonitrile, 3,4-dihydro-3-hydroxy-2,2-dimethyl-4-(2-oxo-1-pyrrolidinyl)-, trans-(+-)-